The water, scooped up from the holy river Ganges, is destined for the pilgrims’ local temples. And the precious cargo must be ...

Naga Sadhus or Naked Hindu holy men take dips at Sangam, the confluence of three sacred rivers the Yamuna, ... PRAYAGRAJ, India — The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river.

Doodh Dhari Baba hasn't eaten solid food in 19 years but says he is hungry for nothing. Claiming to subsist on just two liters of milk a day, the 72-year-old Hindu mystic says he is sustained by ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police say assailants hacked a Hindu holy man to death in northern Bangladesh and fled without anyone witnessing the attack. The victim, 60-year-old Nitya Ranjan Pandey ...

A holy man smokes marijuana at the Pashupatinath Hindu temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) 31,136 people played the daily ...

Hindu holy man Tarkeshwor Giri sat naked at Nepal's biggest annual religious gathering on Monday as throngs of pilgrims sought his blessings at a centuries-old temple in Kathmandu.

In one video, Binda declares that Marley, the great global champion of Rastafarai, was analogous to a sadhu, a type of Hindu holy man who dons dreadlocks and forgoes material possessions for ...