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Photo by Rt. Rev. Bishop of lyucknow 



A SADHU HANGING HI^AD DOWNWARDS 



Sometimes an ascetic will hang in this way for half an hour at a time and at intervals 

 of two hours throughout the day. While suspended, he is swung hy a disciple to and fro ' 

 through the smoke of a log fire beneath him. So great is the admiration excited by a penance 

 of this sort that the offerings for a single day often reach the princely sum of three rupees 

 (one dollar). 



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