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| Keywords: RGS 13.jpg According to Herbert Ponting who took this photograph in 1907 this is 'a fakir in Benares' Varanasi India Strictly speaking a fakir is a Muslim religious mendicant but here Ponting is referring to a Hindu holy man He is a yogi or one who practises yoga and has allegedly perfected the control of mind over body to such an extent that he can withstand the physical pain of the bed of nails on which he is sitting any individual could do the same as the fakir's mass is spread evenly over the nails and they pose no real danger to him page is/was http //en wikipedia org/w/index php title Image 3ARGS_13 jpg here 1907 Herbert Ponting PD-old original upload log All user names refer to en wikipedia 2005-05-30 03 52 Hottentot 1222×933×8 290612 bytes <nowiki>According to Herbert Ponting who took this photograph in 1907 this is 'a fakir in Benares' Varanasi India Strictly speaking a fakir is a Muslim religious mendicant but here Ponting is referring to a Hindu holy man He is a yogi or one who practis</nowiki> Sadhus in Varanasi Historical images of Varanasi Bed of nails Herbert Ponting Pain Sitting men Dreadlocks in India Males with dreadlocks Fakirs | ||||
