Add to ORKG"A "holy man" on his bed of spikes. By torturing himself in this way, he believes he will go to the Hindu heaven without repentance for sin." A man dressed in rags with a necklace around his neck sits on a bed of spikes. This photograph is from an album prepared by W. K. Norton of The Pilgrims Mission, Benares [Vārānasi]
"A man having a hook fastened into the muscles of his back preparatory to the "hook swinging sacrifi...
"This man tortures himself by holding his breath. His nostrils and his mouth are stopped. He claim...
"The "hook swinging sacrifice". The man is swung from the top of a strong pole." A man with a hook...
"This Hindu "holy" man sitting on his bed of spikes has his forehead painted with a "sign of the bea...
"Another man who is trying to earn salvation by burying his head in the ground. The Hindu idea is t...
"This boy is lying on a bed of spikes believing that if he does this for a number of years he will g...
"The foot sticking out over this man's shoulder is his own foot that he has twisted around. This is...
"A man buried in the ground with only his head showing above. If he remains buried for any length o...
"To do penance and gain merit this man has held up both arms and has become as helpless as a baby." ...
"A Hindu trying to earn merit by burying his head in the ground. The other man is his companion who...
"The foot sticking out over this man's shoulder is his own foot that he has twisted around. This is...
"A balancing trick. To earn merit this man swings on a stretched wire and counts his prayer beads."...
"To earn religious merit one of these men has his head buried in the earth. His cmpanion attracts a...
"Three "holy" men. The two in the foreground are lying on thorny cactus with the locks of their hai...
"This old Hindu took a vow that he would never again lie down. He has to sleep with ropes tied unde...
"A man having a hook fastened into the muscles of his back preparatory to the "hook swinging sacrifi...
"This man tortures himself by holding his breath. His nostrils and his mouth are stopped. He claim...
"The "hook swinging sacrifice". The man is swung from the top of a strong pole." A man with a hook...
"This Hindu "holy" man sitting on his bed of spikes has his forehead painted with a "sign of the bea...
"Another man who is trying to earn salvation by burying his head in the ground. The Hindu idea is t...
"This boy is lying on a bed of spikes believing that if he does this for a number of years he will g...
"The foot sticking out over this man's shoulder is his own foot that he has twisted around. This is...
"A man buried in the ground with only his head showing above. If he remains buried for any length o...
"To do penance and gain merit this man has held up both arms and has become as helpless as a baby." ...
"A Hindu trying to earn merit by burying his head in the ground. The other man is his companion who...
"The foot sticking out over this man's shoulder is his own foot that he has twisted around. This is...
"A balancing trick. To earn merit this man swings on a stretched wire and counts his prayer beads."...
"To earn religious merit one of these men has his head buried in the earth. His cmpanion attracts a...
"Three "holy" men. The two in the foreground are lying on thorny cactus with the locks of their hai...
"This old Hindu took a vow that he would never again lie down. He has to sleep with ropes tied unde...
"A man having a hook fastened into the muscles of his back preparatory to the "hook swinging sacrifi...
"This man tortures himself by holding his breath. His nostrils and his mouth are stopped. He claim...
"The "hook swinging sacrifice". The man is swung from the top of a strong pole." A man with a hook...