THE RKSUIvT 01^ I^AITH 



It is upon faith in the efficacy of self-inflicted hardship that Hindu asceticism,, with its 

 strange and cruel practices and its marvelous legends of superhuman feats, really rests. 

 Unless sustained by an unclouded faith, no man would permit his most useful members to 

 become of no service to him, like the ascetic in the picture. 



Photos Ijy W. M. Zumbro 



A ROW OF ASCE:TICS 



At every sacred place where pilgrims congregate the Sadhu is found in great numbers, 

 and the faithful have abundant opportunities of acquiring merit by bestowing alms on them. 

 Note the deformed hands and arms of the man in the center. They have been held so long 

 in one position that at last it is impossible to move them. 



1293 



