Sadhus at Shivaratri seek Wi-Fi solace

Most ascetics who’ve renounced material world see internet as integral to their lives.

On Friday, on the eve of the Mahashivaratri festival, just as India’s Govardhan Math Shankaracharya Nishalananda Saraswati completed his address to a gathering on the western part of the Pashupatinath Temple and was escorted to his van outside the gate, a large number of sadhus were seen busy taking photos and videos from their smartphones.