Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - An Acarya or spiritual leader collects his thoughts during the consecration of a digambara monk in...
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - Diksha or consecration of a digambara monk - The monk has just prononced his vows and had his cranial and...
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - Pichis made out of peacock feathers and cranial hair pulled off the digambara monks' heads as a demonstration...
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - To demonstrate his renunciation, this digambara monk, or muni, has his facial and cranial hair pulled off by...
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - A digambara monk reading - The munis are erudite and devote their whole lifes to their spiritual path in...
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - Digambara monks gathered around their Acarya, the leader of the ascetics group, who teaches them how to take...
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - Donors and digambara monks celebrate the main steps in Adinatha's life, from his conception to his spiritual...
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - Nirmal Kumar Jain Sethi, an influent Jain businessman, bows at a group of digambara nuns in Shravanabelagola,...
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - The faithful Jains bow at a digambara nun - They consider her as a saint, the embodiment of their spiritual...
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - Indra and Indrani wear on their foreheads shiny diadems that mark they as two of the most active donors -...
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - Digambara nuns on their consecration - This young lady has chosen to let go of her life as a laywoman, to...
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - A young digambara monk has his meal at the ascetics village - Devoted Jains, wearing white, have the great...
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - Village of the ascetics - Pilgrims bow their heads to a digambara monk - They consider him a saint, the...
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - A digambara monk purifying his feet and hands in Shravanabelagola, India in February, 2006.
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - Digambara monks in a shelter made of corrugated iron, at the village of ascetics or omuniso - Simply laying...
Bahubali, a giant of peace and colors - First procession of the Panchakalyana ceremony to honor Adinatha, the first of the 24 Jain spiritual masters...
Shravana Belgola, Chandragiri mountain, Digambara monk and nun on a place of meditation in India in November , 2004.
Shravana Belgola, Chandragiri mountain, Digambara monk and nun leaving Bhadrabahu cave in India in November , 2004.
Shravana Belgola, Indragiri hill, Digambara monks comment on the ancient writings carved on the bas-reliefs in India in November , 2004.
Shravana Belgola, meal of a Digambara Jain monk - He collects in his palms the food offered by devotees - The Digambara monks renounced all wordly...
Shravana Belgola, meal of a Digambara Jain monk - He collects in his palms the food offered by devotees - The Digambara monks renounced all wordly...
Shravana Belgola, meal of a Digambara Jain monk - He collects in his palms the food offered by devotees - The Digambara monks renounced all wordly...
Shravana Belgola, meal of a Digambara Jain monk - He collects in his palms the food offered by devotees - The Digambara monks renounced all wordly...
Shravana Belgola, Indragiri hill, after the puja, non-religious people and Digambara monks leave the temples - The devotees make a vow of allegiance...
Shravana Belgola, Indragiri hill, after the puja, non-religious people and Digambara monks leave the temples - The devotees make a vow of allegiance...
Shravana Belgola, Indragiri hill, Digambara monks and a nun in front of the statue of Bahubali - The ascetics' presence sanctifies the place in India...
Shravana Belgola, Chandragiri mountain, Digambara monk and nun walking up the stairs leading to the places of meditation in India in November , 2004.
Shravana Belgola, Chandragiri mountain, Digambara monks walking down the stairs after meditation - Non-religious people enjoy sliding down the slope...
Shravana Belgola, Chandragiri mountain, Digambara monks walking down the stairs after meditation in India in November , 2004.
Shravana Belgola, Chandragiri mountain, Digambara monk meditating in Bhadrabahu cave.In front of him are the holy footprints of Bhadrabahu carved out...
Shravana Belgola, Chandragiri mountain, Digambara monk and nun on a place of meditation - The monk holds a small peacock feather broom in India in...
Shravana Belgola, Chandragiri mountain, Digambara monk meditating - To purify his soul, he renounced all wordly possessions in India in November ,...
Shravana Belgola, Chandragiri mountain, Digambara monk meditating - To purify his soul, he renounced all wordly possessions in India in November ,...
Shravana Belgola, Chandragiri mountain, Digambara monk meditating - To purify his soul, he renounced all wordly possessions in India in November ,...
Shravana Belgola, Sri Charukeerthi Bhattarakha Maharaj, one of the most influential Bhattaraka of the Digambara Jain community - The educated man has...
Shravana Belgola, the Digambara Jain novices have a great respect of the Bhattaraka in charge of their religious education in India in November ,...
Shravana Belgola, Indragiri hill, Digambara monks and a nun walking up the stairs leading to the temples in India in November , 2004.
Shravana Belgola, hands of a Jain devotee offering food to Digambara nuns in India in November , 2004.
Shravana Belgola, meal of Digambara Jain nuns - They collect in their palms the food offered by devotees in India in November , 2004.
Shravana Belgola, meal of Digambara Jain nuns - They collect in their palms the food offered by devotees in India in November , 2004.
Mumbai In the city's oldest Jainist Digambara temple 108 Bhagwan Parshwanath Digambar, a 50-year-old Acharya Puspadantasagara Guru, uses his peacock...
Taranga temple These Jain Digambara monks are "clad in sky", in other words naked As the day ends they head for hills close to the temple to mediate...
Taranga temple These Jain Digambara monks are "clad in sky", in other words naked As the day ends they head for hills close to the temple to mediate...
