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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A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
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A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
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A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .