Fakir Collection

Yogi on bed of nails - Serampore, West Bengal, India. Date: 1925

Sri Lanka - Hindu Ascetic - Incredibly long hair
Sri Lanka - Hindu Ascetic Sadhu with incredibly long hair, worn in thick dreadlocks called jata. Date: circa 1910s

Boy, child fakir, India
19th century vintage photograph: Boy, child fakir, India

An Indian Fakir, Victorian period

Holy Man or Fakir, India - Victorian period

Fakir or Holy Man, India - Victorian period

India - Golden Temple of Amritsar - fakirs early 1900s

Fakir Arab Arabs Drink Selling Aromatic Water
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Indian fakir or holy man, India, c. 1900
Indian fakir or holy man, India, c.1900

c. 1860s India - tribal man with impressive beard

Muslim fakir penitents performing prayers and mortification
Muslim fakir or faqir penitents performing prayers and mortification. Udbahu with raised arm, and others praying standing, seated or lying down

Muslim fakir or faqir holy men in India
Muslim fakir or faqir holy men: naga with stick, paramahamsa sitting under a tree, painted sannyasi, naked avadhuta, robed Baisnab Vaisnava and fakir at prayer

Fakeer - Religious Beggar - at Pune (Poona) India
Fakeer - Religious Beggar with an Ox - at Pune (Poona) India Date: circa 1905

Fakir with raised hands, India
Fakir (religious ascetic) with raised hands, India. Date: circa 1890s

Rahman Bey Buried 1937
RAHMAN BEY, self-styled Egyptian fakir, is buried alive at Carshalton, under the control of Harry Price : this is how he looked when the grave was opened

Fakir, India

A Group of Hindu Indian Fakirs
A superb photograph (on a postcard) of a group of Hindu Indian Fakirs, one with immensely long hair (right). Date: circa 1910s

Fakir on Bed of Nails
An ascetic lies on his bed of nails, knowing that if he distributes his weight evenly, its not that bad

Oscar Schwartz in Come Over Here by Mizner and Pemberton
Come Over Here, Revue by Wilson Mizner and Max Pemberton, at The London Opera House, Kingsway. This shows Oscar Schwartz, as a handsome young fakir in The Rose DIspahan Act II

Fakir Invokes Rain
A fakir of Northern India invokes his gods to bring rain Date: 1891

On a Bed of Nails
A passer-by gives a donation to a fakir who lies on a bed of nails Date: 19th century ?

Hindu Fakir
A Hindu fakir Date: 1884

Fakir with Hooks in Back
Placing hooks in the back of a fakir : not only is the process painful, but the wounds will fester and lead to further pain, apart from the discomfort Date: circa 1900

Fakir or fukeer, begging friar.. handcolored copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from Asiatic Costumes, Ackermann, London, 1828

Fakir or fukeer, enthusiast.. handcolored copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from Asiatic Costumes, Ackermann, London, 1828

Fakir or fuqeer, begging friar.. handcolored copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from Asiatic Costumes, Ackermann, London, 1828

Fakir on bed of nails, India
Fakir (a religious ascetic) sitting on a bed of nails, India. Date: circa 1890s

Fakirs in India
Fakirs (Muslim Sufi ascetics) in India, some with whitened faces. Date: circa 1890s

Mendicant Priest or Fakir - Hinduism - India

Head of a Fakir - Algeria
A superb (and very funny) photograph showing the head of an Algerian Fakir wearing a turban, with a chain round his neck and with his tongue sticking out!

Indian Hindu Fakir
A superb photograph (on a postcard) of a Hindu Indian Fakir with immensely long hair

Fakir hanging over a fire, India
A fakir in India hangs over a fire for three hours without manifesting any signs of pain

Fakir Buried Alive 1928
54-year old German fakir To Kha, after studying in India, is buried for 120 hours at Stuttgart, monitored by doctors who testify to the genuineness of the feat

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