"This boy is lying on a bed of spikes believing that if he does this for a number of years he will gain merit and earn salvation." A boy lies on a bed of spikes with his head propped up on a wooden board. His knees are bent so that his feet are flat on the 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-c123-82654
- Date published
- 1915/1925
- Dates
- 1915/1925
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- photographic prints, 8.2 x 13.4 cm
- Place Discussed
- Asia India Uttar Pradesh
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- impa-yds-rg030-449-0001-0008.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/7f3b6bf01200a7985eaad8ec5ce97e31
