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Batara Turum Kabeh ceremony, Hindu temple of Besakih, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Men and women washing in the River Ganges at Scindia Ghat, Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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