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Sadhu attending a wedding in Vashist.
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A Sadhu is a Hindu ascetic or a monk. The Sadhu tradition has a long history; it consists of renouncing worldly ties in pursuit of higher values of life. Ideally a Sadhu lives in the society
but is detached from its pleasures and pains. This sadhu was present during a wedding celebration in Vashist, Manali. When there is a local wedding in Vashist, Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India, all the people from the village attend the celebrations. The wedding ceremony takes place at the stone temple and the festivities that follow all take place outdoors.
Manali is on the Beas River valley and an important hill station in the Himalayan Mountains of Himachal Pradesh, India, near the northern end of the Kullu Valley. It is administratively a part of the Kullu District. There are actually two parts of Manali --New-Manali town is on the banks of the Beas river and the Old Manali village lies east of the Manalsu nullah, which in its present form, is more of a hippy enclave. Manali is named after the Hindu lawgiver "Manu". The word Manali literally means "the abode of Manu". Legend has it that sage Manu stepped off his ark in Manali to recreate human life after a great flood had deluged the world. Manali is popular as the "Valley of the Gods".
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