Sujet
Historical Geography. 1900. India. Hardy ascetic at Benares piously indifferent to a couch of nails.
Légende
Historical Geography. 1900. India. Many religious codes, and especially those of India, have advocated or enjoined the mortifying of the flesh and its resulting subjection to the spirit. All over this land and many faiths one may see yogis, fakirs, and all varieties of the mendicant religious, practising with every vigour what their leaders have preached. Marriage, speech, and cleanliness are among the popular renunciations, and in this photograph, we have another example of self-suppression. Whatever may be said of other methods it is abundantly evident that this one has its points.
Date
1900
Crédit
Photo12/SeM/ UIG
Notre référence
UMG20B14_091
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
36,5Mo (7,2Mo) / 39,8cm x 23,0cm / 4699 x 2718 (300dpi)