India , Varanasi Trip : Naga Sadhus

in photography •  6 years ago 

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Down below are photos of sadhus in India , Varanasi , they come specially for kumbh mela it's an big occasion . They come to have bath in holy river , it's an old belief , they believe , if once you have bath in this holy river your all sins which you did in entire life is forgiven by God.

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These sadhus stays in Himalayas, Rishikesh uttarakhand , caves and jungles and other north places they come in kumbh mela for this holy bath . Their beliefs are different from normal humans .
Sadhus saints are mostly of calm nature but these are different sadhus they are aggressive and warriors. Followers of Lord Shiva .

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They smoke hashish to stay in state of trance and to forget the world, to connect with God or universal spiritual powers .

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Crores of people travel here just to dip in this holy river , guys i don't know the reality but this is true there is something special about this river it is coming here from 1000 kms long from Gangotri Himalayas . You will really feel energetic and spiritual in this river .

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River during night time.

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Shots Captured by canon 700D

Thank you

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