A sadhu, Hindu holy man sits cross legged, wearing orange robes, beads and red headdress outside a yellow building with a blue cupboard. raising his hand in a wave, in Gokarna, India December 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

An Indian hindu man sitting on steps outside a home, holding his hand to his mouth and conteplating, barefoot in white robes, with grey hair and holy ash on his face from the temple, the building is b... © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

A monk with red robes and red scarf over his head, is lit up by light from the door against a red wall as he climbs the stairs wearing white trainers, in Shey Monastery in August 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

A buddhist monk wearing red robes and sunglasses, surrounded by the white architecture and some red doors looks up at the photographer above. Steps lead down to him, taken at Shey Palace in August 201... © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

HM Queen Elizabeth II and her Scottish Ecclesiastical Household at Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, UK on 04 July 1995 © Antonia Reeve/shotbywomen

A Nagababa (naked) Sadhu smokes a Chillum ( marijuana). The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attracts up to 10 million Hindu pilgrims a day from all corners of India, who... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A Nagababa (naked) Sadhu smokes a Chillum ( marijuana) . The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attracts up to 10 million Hindu pilgrims a day from all corners of India, wh... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A Nagababa (naked) Sadhu smokes a Chillum ( marijuana). The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attracts up to 10 million Hindu pilgrims a day from all corners of India, who... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A Nagababa (naked) Sadhu smokes a Chillum ( marijuana) before the ceremonial procession and sacred ritual of bathing in the holy waters of the river Shipra, Ujjain India during the Kumbh Mela 2016. Th... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

I makeshift camps and temporary homes, spectators and visitors watch the ceremonial procession and sacred ritual of bathing in the holy waters of the river Shipra, Ujjain India during the Kumbh Mela 2... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen