"A "holy man" on his bed of spikes. By torturing himself in this way, he believes he will go to the Hindu heaven without repentance for sin." A man dressed in rags with a necklace around his neck sits on a bed of spikes. This photograph is from an album prepared by W. K. Norton of The Pilgrims Mission, Benares [Vārānasi].
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82640
- Date published
- 1915/1925
- Dates
- 1915/1925
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- photographic prints, 8.2 x 13 cm
- Place Discussed
- Asia India Uttar Pradesh
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- impa-yds-rg030-449-0001-0005.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/8d7ac9e63ebbc8951f8f6aa0dead71af
