cover image: Hindu man sitting under a dripping jug to seek religious merit, Vārānasi , India, ca. 1920

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Hindu man sitting under a dripping jug to seek religious merit, Vārānasi , India, ca. 1920

"A Hindu trying to earn salvation. The large jar is filled with water and it falls on his head drop by drop." A man with his face painted white sits cross-legged under a table with two jugs of water on it. There are a few people in the background. This photograph is from an album prepared by W. K. Norton of The Pilgrims Mission, Benares [Vārānasi].
religious practice group portraits

Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82671
Date published
1915/1925
Dates
1915/1925
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 8.5 x 13.3 cm
Place Discussed
Asia India Uttar Pradesh
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
India
Reference
impa-yds-rg030-449-0001-0025.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/30db7f88bf923c3d80d33bf26e65e9e7