Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and ...

The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...

A viral video shows a man taking his dog, Zorawar, for the holy dip at Triveni Sangam, despite initial plans to leave him at ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India -- The man appears in a silhouette after ... but on the most auspicious dates, Hindu ascetics charge toward the holy rivers at dawn. They are part of religious orders that were ...

Naga Sadhus or Naked Hindu holy men take dips at Sangam ... (AP Photo/Channi Anand) PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair ...

Naga Sadhus or Naked Hindu holy men take dips at Sangam ... (AP Photo/Channi Anand) PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — The man appears in a silhouette after rising ... Others surround him, with some holding the saffron flag of Hinduism, all repeating a centuries-old ritual that Hindus ...

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