Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 284
ey wear little ifany clothing, theirbodies are coveredwith ashes and their A hindu holy man torturing himself .BY HANGING FROM A HOOK. whole appearance is dirty and disagreeable. Some of these devotees arereally sincere in denying themselves for their religion;they feel the burden and weight of… … 284 FAKIRS DOING PENAXCES. generally live in holes or caves or under banyan trees,;wid they think that they, by their penances, make atone-ment for their own sins and for those of the people whocare for them. Besides the penances already mentioned,we may add that some drag heavy chains or…
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