Title

Offering parts of their first meal in their new lives as part of the initiation of new sadhus at the Sangam

Caption

Offering parts of their first meal in their new lives as part of the initiation of new sadhus at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Date

Feb 06, 2013

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Bienewald

Reference

BRK19G71_291

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71,7Mb (2,6Mb) / 20,5in x 13,6in / 6144 x 4080 (300dpi)

Keywords

Allahabad Allahabad Kumbh Mela Hindu Indian Ethnicity Kumbh Mela Kumbha Mela Prayag Uttar Pradesh belief celebration celebrations custom day daylight daytime faith festival festivals festivity holy indigenous initiation initiations local local man local woman local women native native man native woman religion religions ritual rituals river rivers sacred tradition world's largest Hinduism India Asia