"The foot sticking out over this man's shoulder is his own foot that he has twisted around. This is his idea of earning religious merit." Despite the caption for this picture, this man does not stick his foot over his shoulder. Instead, he sits cross-legged with both feet facing the sky. One of his arms is raised and the hand on that arm has very long fingernails. He is wearing a necklace. 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-c123-82655
- Date published
- 1915/1925
- Dates
- 1915/1925
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- photographic prints, 8.6 x 13.2 cm
- Place Discussed
- Asia India Uttar Pradesh
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- impa-yds-rg030-449-0001-0009.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/194efaaf90c5faa5dac048b49ccb7438