Street performance by Poutchari devotees of the Darma Raja cult. A male devotee, wearing turban, trimurti markings and dhoti, sings praises seated in the street. His wife in sari and choli accompanies him on castanets. Poutchari de Darma-Raja. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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