Title

Taking a purifying bath in the river Ganges as part of the initiation of new sadhus

Caption

Taking a purifying bath in the river Ganges as part of the initiation of new sadhus, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Date

Feb 08, 2013

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Bienewald

Reference

BRK19G71_303

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71,7Mb (2,3Mb) / 20,5in x 13,6in / 6144 x 4080 (300dpi)

Keywords

Allahabad Allahabad Kumbh Mela Hindu Indian Ethnicity Kumbh Mela Kumbha Mela Prayag Uttar Pradesh belief celebration celebrations custom day daylight daytime faith festival festivals festivity holy indigenous initiation initiations local local man local woman local women many people native native man native woman religion religions ritual rituals river rivers sacred tradition world's largest Hinduism India crowd crowd of people crowds of people many folks Asia