COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society. Known as sadhus, they shun all home comforts for a life spent inside caves, forests and temples and can be found across India and Nepal. German banker and photographer Mario Gerth decided to find and photograph the sadhu people. The 38-year-old of Erfurt, Germany, says: “I have been obsessed with the sadhus for many years and set off in 2013 to look for them.
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Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
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Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
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WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .