Title

Shiva sadhu from Avahan Akhara

Caption

Shiva sadhu from Avahan Akhara, holy man, posing with his penis rolled on an iron pole for spiritual reasons, at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Date

Feb 11, 2013

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Bienewald

Reference

BRK19G71_267

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55,3Mb (1,7Mb) / 11,9in x 18,0in / 3577 x 5400 (300dpi)

Keywords

Allahabad Allahabad Kumbh Mela Hindu Indian Ethnicity Kumbh Mela Kumbha Mela Prayag Sadhu Sadhus Uttar Pradesh ascetic ascetics belief believer believers body painting body paintings body-painting day daylight daytime face painting face paintings faith full body full body length full body lengths full length holy indigenous local local man local woman local women naked native native man native woman nude painted painting paintings penis penises phallus religion religions religious person ritual rituals rolled rolled up rolled-up sacred saint saints world's largest Hinduism India Asia