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.
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
