The mystics, ascetics, and saints of India : a study of Sadhuism, with an account of the Yogis, Sanyasis, Bairagis, and other strange Hindu sectarians (1905)
Oman, John Campbell, 1841-1911 · London : T. F. Unwin · leaf 326
nath in Kashmir, where he had also been, the youngJogi said that till recently it had been the custom forpersons visiting the sacred ice-cave on the mountain-top todivest themselves (both men and women) of every stitchof clothing, as it was thus that lord Siva wished them toappear and dance before… … (M ,•3 o a «c < 3 -n o En o <: 5 00fH HINDU MONASTERIES the ice-cave with langotis or breech-clouts on ; but each mandivests his neighbour of his langoti, so in the end theystand in the cave stark naked. Whether these detailsabout the annual pilgrimage to Amarnath are true or notI have not…
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