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Shiva Hindu temple and Ahilya Fort Complex on banks of the Narmada River, Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

A penitent suffers to prove his faith during a Tamil religious procession, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Family preparing a body for cremation at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva located on the banks of the Bagmati River Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Chariot Festival participants, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chariot Festival participants, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chariot Festival participant, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal

Forehead designs, called tilakas, show a sadhus religious sectarian affiliations range from a simple daub of color to complex designs involving entire face. Vertical design of this sadhus tilaka shows to be a vaishnava, or follower of vishnu, preserver of universe. He is a benevolent gentle. gentility is reflected in worshippers devotess. application of a tilaka is usually done at start of each after bathing as a to sanctify body prepare it to receive divine. India

Chariot Festival participant, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chariot Festival participants, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chariot Festival participants, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal

A cremation at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva on the banks of the Bagmati River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal

Chariot Festival participant, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chariot Festival participants, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal

Chariot Festival participants, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chariot Festival participants, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Brahmins at a Hindu cremation ceremony at Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva located on the banks of the Bagmati River Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Silver chariot procession, Sri Veerama-kaliamman Hindu Temple, Little India, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chariot Festival participant, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chariot Festival participants, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chariot Festival participants, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chariot Festival participant, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chariot Festival participants, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chariot Festival participants, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chariot Festival participants, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chariot Festival participants, Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Pilgrims making a ritual offering, and praying, ghats in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Praying, statue of A. C. Bhakivedanta Swami Prabhupada the founder of hare Krishna movement, in ISKCON temple, Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir,Vrindavan,Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India

Barber shaving the head and beard of a pilgrim, Dashashwamedh ghat (main ghat), in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Person who recovers wood used in cremation, which has not burned completely, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Cremation of bodies, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Cremation of a body, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.