Devotee of an Indian religious sect called Vaichenavin. He wears a robe and tilaka markings, and carries a Vina or guitar to accompany his songs like the Satadevens. He collects alms in the copper pot on his head. 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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