You don’t see too many women monks, or nuns if you are being pedantic, but there are some. Women generally tend to gravitate towards the householders path therefore you see fewer women renunciates then you do men.
Here’s a photo of a sadhvi, a woman monastic. Men are called sadhus. This photo was taken at the 2010 Kumbha Mela in Haridwar, North India. The three stripes on her forehead means she is of the Saivite sect within the Hindu religion. Saivites worship the supreme God in the form of Siva.
Join us for our grandest spiritual adventure yet, the Kumbha Mela and North India journey, in February 2013. This 13 day spiritual and photographic adventure will take you across the northern part of India visiting some amazing places including the spectacular 2013 Kumbha Mela festival in Allahabad.
