1. Photo 124(45)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 124(45)
- Title:
- [Group of fakirs or religious mendicants, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
- Group portrait of Hindu ascetics taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s. The three vertical lines painted on the foreheads in ash and sandalwood on some of the men indicate that these members of the group are followers of Vishnu, members of the Vaishnavite branch of Hinduism.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- Unspecified
- Extent:
- 1 item
