cover image: Sadhu, India, ca. 1915

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Sadhu, India, ca. 1915

Tinted lantern slide showing a sadhu, or an ascetic, wandering monk. The man wears large beads and a conical-shaped hat. This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal.
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Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78322
Date published
1910/1920
Dates
1910/1920
Format
Lantern slides Photographs
Pages
lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm
Place Discussed
Asia Bihar India
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
India
Reference
IMP-CSCNWW33-OS15-68.tif
Rights
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Contact the repository for details. The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/e752db68d4d1938af99c4068ab05de48

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