Gavin Hellier / Church Priest holding a Lalibela Cross, Lalibela and its rock-hewn Churches rank among the greatest religio-historical sites not only in Africa, but in the Christian world, Lalibela, Ethiopia 2005. Mo...

Pete Oxford / Holy man in India

Gavin Hellier / Priest in Bet Danaghel Church holding the Cross of King Lalibela. The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela make it one of the greatest Religio-Historical sites not only in Africa but in the Christian World...

Gavin Hellier / Priest holding a candle and reading the 900 year old Holy Book of Gabriel in Bet Gabriel-Rufael, one of Lalibela's famous rock-hewn churches, Lalibela ranks among one of the world's greatest Christian...

Gavin Hellier / Church Priest holding a Lalibela Cross, Lalibela and it's rock-hewn Churches rank among the greatest religio-historical sites not only in Africa, but in the Christian world, Lalibela, Ethiopia 2005

Gavin Hellier / Priest in Bet Danaghel Church holding the Cross of King Lalibela. The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela make it one of the greatest Religio-Historical sites not only in Africa but in the Christian World...

Loic Poidevin / Man washing in the holy Ganges river, along the famous ghats of Vanarasi / Benares, India 2012

Loic Poidevin / Man preparing for the ceremony of Aarti poooja, a prayer to thank the holy Ganges river, on the famous ghats of Varanasi / Benares, India 2012

Loic Poidevin / Holy man saying his prayers on famous ghats of river Ganes, Vanarasi / Benares, India, 2012

Jeff Rotman / Black rats (Rattus rattus) feeding from a large bowl of milk and crawling over holy man at the Deshnoke Temple, Rajasthan, India, January 2008

Jeff Rotman / Black rats (Rattus rattus) feeding on a large bowl of milk and crawling over holy man and child at the Deshnoke Temple, Rajasthan, India, January 2008

Bernard Castelein / Bishnoi holy man or priest, feeding Chinkara / Indian Gazelle (Gazella bennettii), Lohawat, Rajasthan, India

Vanessa Berlowitz / A Hindu Saddhu sitting and praying at the source of the Ganges, Himalayas, India

Bernard Castelein / Sadhu / holy man praying, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Feb 2007

Pete Oxford / Hindu Holy Man or Sadhu, Bharatpur village, Rajasthan, India 2006

Pete Oxford / Close up of traditional earring of a Gorakhnathi Yogi / holy man from Mahayogi Machhendra Nath Temple in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, October 2006

Pete Oxford / A Gorakhnathi Yogi / holy man from Mahayogi Machhendra Nath Temple in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, October 2006

Pete Oxford / Hanuman monkey God 'Holy man', near Gir Forest National Park, Gujarat, India, 2006

Pete Oxford / A Gorakhnathi Yogi / holy man from Mahayogi Machhendra Nath Temple in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, October 2006

Pete Oxford / Hanuman monkey God 'Holy man', near Gir Forest National Park, Gujarat, India, 2006

Pete Oxford / A Gorakhnathi Yogi / holy man from Mahayogi Machhendra Nath Temple in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, October 2006

Pete Oxford / A Gorakhnathi Yogi / holy man from Mahayogi Machhendra Nath Temple in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, October 2006

Pete Oxford / A Gorakhnathi Yogi / holy man from Mahayogi Machhendra Nath Temple in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, October 2006

David Noton / Sadhu (holy man), Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal

David Noton / Holy man, Durbar Square Patan, Kathmandu, Nepal

Leo & Mandy Dickinson / Portrait of Sadhu, Holy man, Nepal

John Downer / Rhesus macaques {Macaca mulatta} receive Hindu offerings from holy man at Durga temple, Varanasi, India

Bernard Castelein / "Holy man" of Vishnoi temple feeding Chinkaras {Gazella bennettii} Lohawat, Rajasthan.

Julia Bayne / Holy man / saddhu wearing modern watch, age 40, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Pete Oxford / Holy man / Saddhu on steps of buddhist temple, Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal

Toby Sinclair / Holy man with temple rats, Karni Mata temple, Deshnoke, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

Toby Sinclair / Holy man with temple rats, Karni Mata temple, Deshnoke, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

Toby Sinclair / Holy man with temple rats, Karni Mata temple, Deshnoke, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Rhesus macaques approach holy man {Macaca mulatta} Keoladeo Ghana, Bharatpur, India

Conrad Maufe / Hindu holy man feeding rats, Karni Mata rat temple, Rajasthan, India

David Shale / Holy man, Kathmandu, Nepal

Pete Oxford / Sadhu holy man with human skull. Agra, India

Pete Oxford / Sadhu holy man with human skull Agra, India

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut of mythical creature with early colouring from Conrad Gesner's 'Icones Animalium' 1557. Publ. Christof Froshover, Zurich. Gesner takes this image from Breidenbach's 'Journey to the Holy Land'...

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Man falling off horse, festival at Holy hill near Dargye, Sichuan Province, China, Tibet. Part of the Biodiversity hotspot “Southeast China mountains”

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Man and boy riding horse to holy mountain, Dargye, Sichuan, Tibet, China