Title

Group of newly initiated Shiva sadhvis

Caption

Group of newly initiated Shiva sadhvis, holy women, from Avan Akhara, praying at night at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Date

Feb 10, 2013

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Bienewald

Reference

BRK19G71_280

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,9Mb (2,3Mb) / 19,0in x 12,6in / 5710 x 3792 (300dpi)

Keywords

80-90 years 80-plus years 90-100 years Allahabad Allahabad Kumbh Mela Hindu Kumbh Mela Kumbha Mela Prayag Uttar Pradesh at night bald belief believe believes believing day daylight daytime elderly woman elderly women faith holy indigenous local local man local woman local women long hair long haired long-haired native native man native woman night night photograph night shot old woman old women pray prayer prayers praying prays religion religions sacred senior woman senior women shaved head shaved heads woman women world's largest Hinduism India bald head bald heads Asia