Eating glass. Fire walking. Sword swallowing. These acts that shock and delight have roots in the real and mythical practices of Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, and Jain ascetics. This studio portrait of ...

Here’s the meaning behind the Hindu celebration ... although the Indian government promotes national products and return to plant-based dyes. In 2012, around 200 people were admitted to a ...

This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... likely by the busy adherents of Roman Catholicism or Hinduism. If Catholics celebrated every saint’s day ...