Joranda monk wearing tree bark cloth, holding palm leaf fan, with uncut hair piled up on top of his head, Joranda, Orissa, India, Asia

Joranda monk wearing tree bark loincloth, holding palm leaf fan, with uncut hair piled up on top of his head, Joranda, Orissa, India, Asia

Two men with Vaishnavite sandalwood tilaks on their foreheads, one man with long uncut hair, Sonepur Cattle Fair, Bihar, India, Asia

A devout Joranda monk gathers his uncut hair to coil it on top of his head, surrounded by other monks, Joranda, Dhenkanal, Orissa, India, Asia

Hindu sadhu pilgrim with beads and turban in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, India

Hindu man pilgrim with long hair in turban at Dashashwamedh Ghat in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, India

Hindu man pilgrim with long hair in turban at Dashashwamedh Ghat in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, India

Hindu sadhu pilgrim with beads and turban in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, India

Hindu sadhu pilgrims at Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, India

Hindu man pilgrim with long hair in turban at Dashashwamedh Ghat in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, India

Hindu man pilgrim with beads and turban at Dashashwamedh Ghat in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, India