"Sadhus torturing themselves by sitting in the hot sun with five fires around them. The temperature was 120 in the shade when this picture was taken." Five men sit cross-legged on the round with rags around their legs in a row. Each man has five fires around him. There is a group of people sitting underneath umbrellas behind these men. Some of the men have rags on or around their heads. 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-c123-82661
- Date published
- 1915/1925
- Dates
- 1915/1925
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- photographic prints, 8.5 x 10.8 cm
- Place Discussed
- Asia India Uttar Pradesh
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- impa-yds-rg030-449-0001-0015.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/1381a1a1ce4681ece2ef437d1fecb488