Baba (Hindu Holy Man) with white split beard, dreadlocks and red Tilaka, during the Maha Shivaratri Hindu Festival (Nepal)

He has the Ramanandi Tilaka ritual forehead mark.

For more info about the Ramanandi Hindu sect, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanandi_Sampradaya.

For more info about the Tilaka Hindu Ritual Mark, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilaka.

Hundreds of thousands of Sadhus, Babas, Hindu devotees and pilgrims converge to the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu during the Shivaratri festival ('Great Night of Shiva'), to pray Lord Shiva.

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