Add to ORKG"A balancing trick. To earn merit this man swings on a stretched wire and counts his prayer beads." A nude man lies on a single wire that is stretched between trees while he counts prayer beads. He is also wearing beads around his neck. This photograph is from an album prepared by W. K. Norton of The Pilgrims Mission, Benares [Vārānasi]
"A Hindu trying to earn merit by burying his head in the ground. The other man is his companion who...
"The man in the center is hanging by his feet with his head over a slow fire." A man dressed in rag...
"To do penance and gain merit this man has held up both arms and has become as helpless as a baby." ...
"Another Hindu "holy" man with one arm raised up over his head. The man sitting at his side countin...
"To earn religious merit one of these men has his head buried in the earth. His cmpanion attracts a...
"This old Hindu took a vow that he would never again lie down. He has to sleep with ropes tied unde...
"The foot sticking out over this man's shoulder is his own foot that he has twisted around. This is...
"A "holy man" on his bed of spikes. By torturing himself in this way, he believes he will go to the...
"Three "holy" men. The two in the foreground are lying on thorny cactus with the locks of their hai...
"A man having a hook fastened into the muscles of his back preparatory to the "hook swinging sacrifi...
"The foot sticking out over this man's shoulder is his own foot that he has twisted around. This is...
"Another man who is trying to earn salvation by burying his head in the ground. The Hindu idea is t...
"The form of penance of these two "holy" men in the foreground is to go about naked." Two nude men ...
"Another man hanging by his knees with his head over a fire. He swings back and forth hoping by thi...
"The "hook swinging sacrifice". The man is swung from the top of a strong pole." A man with a hook...
"A Hindu trying to earn merit by burying his head in the ground. The other man is his companion who...
"The man in the center is hanging by his feet with his head over a slow fire." A man dressed in rag...
"To do penance and gain merit this man has held up both arms and has become as helpless as a baby." ...
"Another Hindu "holy" man with one arm raised up over his head. The man sitting at his side countin...
"To earn religious merit one of these men has his head buried in the earth. His cmpanion attracts a...
"This old Hindu took a vow that he would never again lie down. He has to sleep with ropes tied unde...
"The foot sticking out over this man's shoulder is his own foot that he has twisted around. This is...
"A "holy man" on his bed of spikes. By torturing himself in this way, he believes he will go to the...
"Three "holy" men. The two in the foreground are lying on thorny cactus with the locks of their hai...
"A man having a hook fastened into the muscles of his back preparatory to the "hook swinging sacrifi...
"The foot sticking out over this man's shoulder is his own foot that he has twisted around. This is...
"Another man who is trying to earn salvation by burying his head in the ground. The Hindu idea is t...
"The form of penance of these two "holy" men in the foreground is to go about naked." Two nude men ...
"Another man hanging by his knees with his head over a fire. He swings back and forth hoping by thi...
"The "hook swinging sacrifice". The man is swung from the top of a strong pole." A man with a hook...
"A Hindu trying to earn merit by burying his head in the ground. The other man is his companion who...
"The man in the center is hanging by his feet with his head over a slow fire." A man dressed in rag...
"To do penance and gain merit this man has held up both arms and has become as helpless as a baby." ...