The Making of a Sadhu

Poras Chaudhary's amazing photo of the making of a Sadhu, or Hindu Holy Man.
The goal is to disable the male organ through this mistreatment.
Sadhus are detached from the concerns of everyday life.
Please visit Poras Chaudhary's website for more Kumbh Mela photos: Poras Chaudhary

In Save Send Delete I talk about living in the Indian subcontinent. I had wanted to live there since I was a little kid. As I describe in the book, I greatly admire the depth of the spiritual search in the Hindu-Buddhist world.