Title

Group of newly initiated Shiva sadhvis

Caption

Group of newly initiated Shiva sadhvis, holy women, from Avan Akhara, praying at night at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Date

Feb 10, 2013

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Bienewald

Reference

BRK19G71_279

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

66,4Mb (1,9Mb) / 19,7in x 13,1in / 5913 x 3927 (300dpi)

Keywords

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