cover image: Hindu men seeking religious merit by lying on a single wire and on a thorny cactus, Vārānasi , India, ca. 1920

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Hindu men seeking religious merit by lying on a single wire and on a thorny cactus, Vārānasi , India, ca. 1920

"Three "holy" men. The two in the foreground are lying on thorny cactus with the locks of their hair tied together." One man lies on a single wire stretched out and two other men lay on a thorny cactus beneath him. They have intertwined their hair. A few men stand in the bakcground, watching these men in their religious pursuits. This photograph is from an album prepared by W. K. Norton of The Pilgrims Mission, Benares [Vārānasi].
religious practice group portraits

Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82658
Date published
1915/1925
Dates
1915/1925
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 8.8 x 11.7 cm
Place Discussed
Asia India Uttar Pradesh
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
India
Reference
impa-yds-rg030-449-0001-0012.tif
Rights
Divinity.Library@yale.edu Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/bdbdbc180bd7e7f38fa0159e4fd0d954