Add to ORKG"The man in the center is hanging by his feet with his head over a slow fire." A man dressed in rags is hanging by his feet over a slow fire. There are many observers who stand around him in a semi-circle. This photograph is from an album prepared by W. K. Norton of The Pilgrims Mission, Benares [Vārānasi]
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"A man buried in the ground with only his head showing above. If he remains buried for any length o...
"A "holy man" on his bed of spikes. By torturing himself in this way, he believes he will go to the...
"Another man hanging by his knees with his head over a fire. He swings back and forth hoping by thi...
"Another man who is trying to earn salvation by burying his head in the ground. The Hindu idea is t...
"The "hook swinging sacrifice". The man is swung from the top of a strong pole." A man with a hook...
"Sadhus torturing themselves by sitting in the hot sun with five fires around them. The temperature...
"The Burning Ghats of Benares where the Hindus burn their dead." A few men tend fires that are burn...
"The foot sticking out over this man's shoulder is his own foot that he has twisted around. This is...
"This man tortures himself by holding his breath. His nostrils and his mouth are stopped. He claim...
"The foot sticking out over this man's shoulder is his own foot that he has twisted around. This is...
"A man having a hook fastened into the muscles of his back preparatory to the "hook swinging sacrifi...
"A Hindu trying to earn merit by burying his head in the ground. The other man is his companion who...
"To earn religious merit one of these men has his head buried in the earth. His cmpanion attracts a...
"A balancing trick. To earn merit this man swings on a stretched wire and counts his prayer beads."...
"This old man has held up his arm for a great many years. The muscles are withered and his elbow is ...
"A man buried in the ground with only his head showing above. If he remains buried for any length o...
"A "holy man" on his bed of spikes. By torturing himself in this way, he believes he will go to the...
"Another man hanging by his knees with his head over a fire. He swings back and forth hoping by thi...
"Another man who is trying to earn salvation by burying his head in the ground. The Hindu idea is t...
"The "hook swinging sacrifice". The man is swung from the top of a strong pole." A man with a hook...
"Sadhus torturing themselves by sitting in the hot sun with five fires around them. The temperature...
"The Burning Ghats of Benares where the Hindus burn their dead." A few men tend fires that are burn...
"The foot sticking out over this man's shoulder is his own foot that he has twisted around. This is...
"This man tortures himself by holding his breath. His nostrils and his mouth are stopped. He claim...
"The foot sticking out over this man's shoulder is his own foot that he has twisted around. This is...
"A man having a hook fastened into the muscles of his back preparatory to the "hook swinging sacrifi...
"A Hindu trying to earn merit by burying his head in the ground. The other man is his companion who...
"To earn religious merit one of these men has his head buried in the earth. His cmpanion attracts a...
"A balancing trick. To earn merit this man swings on a stretched wire and counts his prayer beads."...
"This old man has held up his arm for a great many years. The muscles are withered and his elbow is ...
"A man buried in the ground with only his head showing above. If he remains buried for any length o...
"A "holy man" on his bed of spikes. By torturing himself in this way, he believes he will go to the...