This sadhu lives on the banks of the Ganga or Ganges river. He smears ash over his body each day. he does a reverse strip tease with his loin cloth - first draping his body with the cotton cloth and then tying it around his loins, and smearing more ash over himself.<br /><br />Cinema verite - a slice of life from the banks of the River Ganges!<br /><br />This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.