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Fakirs

Images

  • A Fakir man and wife of south India. Gouache painting.
  • [Undated handbill advertising "the Aïssaouas' snake and scorpion eaters" ].
  • A fakir or sadhu. Photograph by E.D. Lyon.
  • The devout Hindu doth meat eschew, he'll live on milk and so could you / National Milk Publicity Council.
  • Benares, India: a fakir sitting on a bed of nails. Photograph by R.C. Mazumdar, ca. 1900 (?).
All images (11)

Catalogue

    • Pictures
    • Online

    The serpent sacrifice. Chromolithograph.

    | Reference: 26226i
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    [Undated handbill advertising "the Aïssaouas' snake and scorpion eaters" ].

    | Date: date of publication not identified
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Sri Chaitanya and Gorind Chunder Rai flanked by two devotees. Transfer lithograph.

    | Reference: 26180i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A fakir or sadhu. Photograph by E.D. Lyon.

    Lyon, E. D. (Photographer) | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 46938i
    • Books
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    Fakire und fakirtum im alten und modernen Indien : yoga-lehre und yoga-praxis / nach den indischen originalquellen dargestellt von Richard Schmidt. Mit 87 erstmalig veröffentlichten reproduktionen indischer original-aquarelle in fünffarbigem steindruck und 2 abbildungen.

    Schmidt, Richard, 1866-1939. | Date: 1908 [i.e. 1907]
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