Bishram, 70, a follower of Ramnami Samaj, who has tattooed the name of the Hindu god Ram on his face, outside his house in the village of Arjuni, in the eastern state of Chhattisgarh, India, on November 15, 2015. #

Kartik Ram Sadhu, 67, a follower of Ramnami Samaj, has the name of the Hindu god Ram tattooed on his full body. Photographed inside his house in the village of Arjuni, India, on November 15, 2015. #

Mahettar Ram Tandon (center), 76, watches a religious movie on a computer with his wife and son inside his house in the village of Jamgahan, on November 17, 2015. “It was my new birth the day I started having the tattoos,” Tandon said. “The old me had died.” #

Punai Bai, 75, who has the name of the Hindu god Ram tattooed on her entire body, poses outside her house in the village of Gorba, on November 15, 2015. Bai spent more than two weeks at the age of 18 having her full body tattooed using dye made from mixing soot from a kerosene lamp with water. #

Punai Bai, 75, outside her house in the village of Gorba, on November 15, 2015. “God is for everybody, not just for one community,” said Bai, who lives in a one-room house with her son, daughter-in law, and two grandchildren. #

Mahettar Ram Tandon, 76, inside his house in the village of Jamgahan, India, on November 17, 2015. “The young generation just don't feel good about having tattoos on their whole body,” he said. “That doesn't mean they don't follow the faith.” #

Tiharu Ram, 70, a follower of Ramnami Samaj, who has tattooed the name of the Hindu god Ram on his face, outside his house in the village of Chandlidi, in the eastern state of Chhattisgarh, India, on November 16, 2015. #