Bestand:Sadhu with long hair, India,1920

Black and white lantern slide showing an older Indian gentleman, possibly a sadhu. A sadhu is an ascetic, wandering Hindu holy man. The man has braided hair down to his feet, wears prayer beads and beaded bracelets. He carries a wooden object. This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal.

Photographer: Unknown

Filename: IMP-CSCNWW33-OS16-28.tif

Coverage date: 1915/1925

Subject (unesco): Religious activities; Hinduism

Part of collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960

Part of subcollection: Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s

Repository name: Centre for the Study of World Christianity

Archival file: Volume4/IMP-CSCNWW33-OS16-28.tif

Repository address: The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom

Geographic subject (country): India

Format (aacr2): lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm

Geographic subject (continent): Asia

Rights: Contact the repository for details.

Part of series: Regions Beyond Missionary Union. India uncaptioned slides (CSCNWW33/OS16)

Repository email: divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk

Date created: 1915/1925

Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject (aat genre): portraits

Format (aat): lantern slides; photographs

Geographic subject (state): Bihar

Access conditions: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources

File: CSCNWW33/OS16/28

Subject (lcsh): Sadhus; Hinduism 

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