Title

Newly initiated Shiva sadhvi

Caption

Newly initiated Shiva sadhvi, holy woman, 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_282

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,6Mb (1,6Mb) / 19,4in x 12,9in / 5830 x 3872 (300dpi)

Keywords

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