SUKKUR, Pakistan (AP) — On the sandy banks of the Indus River, which flows top to toe through Pakistan and into its southern Sindh province, Hindus waited for brightly colored boats to ferry them to a ...

Photographer Kieron Nelson who documents the lives of vanishing tribes and cultures worldwide give is a glimpse in the world of Sadhus in Nepal. This caste has renounced all material and sexual ...

Rich tributes were paid to renowned scholar, epigraphist and the first ‘peishkar’ of the Tirumala temple, Sadhu Subrahmanya Sastry, on the occasion of his 43rd death anniversary, at a literary meet ...

Sadhu is the Sanskrit word for “straight,” and the straight-living, ascetic sadhus of India were once the bearers of Hindu holiness. Robed in saffron or stark naked, smeared with ashes or painted ...

Phagwara: Tension prevailed here in wake of an alleged assault on a “naga sadhu” by some persons, triggering a protest by activists belonging to Hindu bodies today who demanded immediate arrest of the ...

Naga Sadhus, ancient Indian ascetics, practice strict renunciation and lead austere lives focused on spirituality, celibacy, and purity. They play a significant role in the Maha Kumbh Mela, ...