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<\/a><\/p>\nFor Hindu pilgrims, getting one’s head shaved when visiting Varanasi is a blessing and a ritual. Several members of our group spent some time photographing this amazing sight.<\/p>\n
Sadhus, the wandering holy men of India are often seen in Varanasi, because it’s such a sacred and holy place for Hindus.<\/p>\n This morning I met and spoke with, and photographed\u00a0 a “standing Baba”, a Sadhu who’s devotion is shown by doing a form of\u00a0 “penance” or perhaps “devotion”. This man has been standing for three years now. He eats, sleeps and lives 24 hours a day in an upright position. At night the hanging contraption you see here, is how he sleeps.<\/p>\n While speaking to this “Baba” we discussed the Maha Kumbh Mela, an event that he and I had both attended back in 2001. The Maha Kumbh Mela is the largest gathering of humanity on earth, for more information and images about that, you might check this link, showing an article I wrote following my experience there, entitled “Gods Gurus and the Ganges”<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n