Mendicant
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A mendicant is one who practices mendicancy, relying chiefly or exclusively on alms to survive. In principle, mendicant religious orders own little property, either individually or collectively, and i
A Japanese Buddhist pilgrim on alms round (during Shikoku Pilgrimage in Shikoku, Japan)
A group of mendicant Christian friars
Mendicant monk reciting scriptures in Lhasa, Tibet, 1993
A young layperson providing monks with alms
Sadhu
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Sadhu is a religious ascetic, mendicant or any holy person in Hinduism and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life. They are sometimes alternatively referred to as yogi, sannyasi or vairagi.
Two sadhus near Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu
Sadhu in Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal.
A sadhu in yoga position, reading a book in Varanasi
A female sadhvi with a Vishnu mark on her forehead