3 sadhus on Maha shivaratri

Maha Shivaratri is the celebration of Lord Shiva, the most powerful diety of the Hindu Trinity. The God of Death, the granter of boons. I met these three young Shiva sadhus on the night of Lord Shiva Feb. 26th. The middle sadhu is 23 years old. I took him for samosas when I ran into him on the street the next day. He has been a sadhu for 9 years. He left his family to be a sadhu. His guru is in Hardiwar he turned in all his worldly clothes and received clothes similar to the ones he wears. He owns just the clothes on his body and the cloth he wears on his head he uses to stay warm at night. He gets donations and travels to temples. His base is Rishikesh. He likes to spend his time practing by the Ganga, but life as a sadhu is hard. No sex, no relationship anymore with any of his family. He sometimes goes three days w/o food, only a cup of chai. Sometimes he sleeps in a field where it is called if his Baba, word for sadhu is cold he will give his cloth to keep him warm as he will shiver. He travels solo or with other sadhus. Now he travels with the three in the picture. When he cooks chapti he will feed his babas first, sometimes he won't eat if there are 3 sadhus and only two chaptis. He was an amazing soul to connect with. I don't think I could do what he does. I think I am better in the world as a householder. Also he told me that he is always happy even when his leg was on fire in Pushkar he knew that it was the result of karma from his past life. He knows that the bad days will end and there will be good days. The hunger of being w/o food will end. His father is Shiva, his mother Parvati and the Ganga. It was my good karma to have met him. I haven't seen him, but for those two days. On another note there was another Sadhu age 36 who I see often. He is having problems with his lungs from too much smoking ganga perhaps, so he doesn't have the money or donations to get the medicine, so yes it is a hard road to follow, but it is a huge part of Indian culture.