India and daily life in Bengal . t of cotton cloth around his loins. In win-ter a very coarse blanket is thrown over the shouldersand hangs down the back. The villagers light a firefor them, if it is winter, under some tree, and herethey sit, eat, and sleep. Sometimes the sadhu croucheson a bed of sharp spikes, several hours a day, whilein his hands he holds his sacred beads on which hecalls over the names of his gods. The badge of hiscalling is a pair of iron tongs, which he uses to liftthe coals of fire to put on his pipeful of gunja; for allof this class stupefy themselves by smoking this t
India and daily life in Bengal . t of cotton cloth around his loins. In win-ter a very coarse blanket is thrown over the shouldersand hangs down the back. The villagers light a firefor them, if it is winter, under some tree, and herethey sit, eat, and sleep. Sometimes the sadhu croucheson a bed of sharp spikes, several hours a day, whilein his hands he holds his sacred beads on which hecalls over the names of his gods. The badge of hiscalling is a pair of iron tongs, which he uses to liftthe coals of fire to put on his pipeful of gunja; for allof this class stupefy themselves by smoking this terri-ble drug. Sometimes their long hair is coiled on thetop of their heads. They may at times be seen with one hand heldup until it becomes fixed in that position, and some-times even both hands are thus extended. The poorfellow who is pictured in the illustration had had hishands in this position for twelve ye&rs when I took thephotograph. I said to him, Dont your arms pain you? Not now, he replied. When I first began they.
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