Baba with Rudraksha Beads and Vibhuti Holy Ash (India)

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Baba with Rudraksha Beads and Vibhuti Holy Ash (India)

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Baba with ritual Rudraksha beads and white wood ash spread over his skin, on the Ghats of Varanasi (India)

This Sadhu, high on weed (ritual Cannabis) was apparently telling very funny stories and all the Indian people around him were laughing a lot. They called him "funny baba".

For more info about Vibhuti, the Hindu holy ash, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibhuti.

For more info on Sadhus, go to:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadhu

- or this less serious article www.gonomad.com/951-smokin-sadhus-indias-wandering-stoned...

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Photo taken on March 2, 2013
Tilbhandeswar Colony, Bangali Tola, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221001, India
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