A saddhu - an Indian holy man/priest

These are men who give up the constraints of life to become religious holy men often associated with a particular temple. Unfortunately, far too often they become beggars encouraging tourists to take their picture for money and many are not true priests but men playing dress-up to earn a living.

Day 31 to 37 (March 1-7) - Dharamsala & McLeod Ganj

March 7th 2006
Blog by Bronia After leaving Darjeeling we made a 27 hour train journey back to Delhi. Having never spent so many consecutive hours on any mode of transport anywhere in the world before we didn't know what to expect other than it was going to be looong. I can confirm it was both long and tedious getting feelings of cabin fever towards the 20th hour! Despite the decent class ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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