Sthanakvasi is a sect of Jainism that believes that God is 'nirakar' (i.e., without form) and hence do not pray to any statue. Their place of worship is 'Sthanak' which is only a temporary abode of visitors both saints and followers. Jaina redirects here. ...

Saints wear white clothes and cover their mouths with a white cloth as well. They eat the food collected from followers' houses and do not carry over any eatable beyond the next meal and water overnight. Any eating and drinking has to be between sunrise and sunset.

There are no possessions of the saints except for a few books, a couple of pairs of clothes and carrying utensils made of a special natural material.

There are about half a million Sthanakvasis in North India. A map showing North India North India is a geographic and linguistic-cultural region of India. ...