Fakir Collection

A Hindoo Fair, 1858. Creator: Unknown
A Hindoo Fair, 1858. Everything is conducted in a quiet, languid kind of way, suited to the heat of the climate and the character of the people...Nautches are being performed in various parts of

Hindoo Fakir; Notes on the Ancient Temples of India, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hindoo Fakir; Notes on the Ancient Temples of India, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

'Praying for Rain in Northern India; A Hindu Fakir Invoking the Gods, 1891. Creator: Unknown
'Praying for Rain in Northern India; A Hindu Fakir Invoking the Gods, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Fakir, or Mussulman saint, of Hoshungabad, Central India, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Fakir, or Mussulman saint, of Hoshungabad, Central India, 1864. 'The extraordinary figure delineated in our Engraving is the reverend Wuzzeer Alee Shah Mulung, a well-known Fakir

Hindoo Fakir, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hindoo Fakir; (Elephant shooting in the Dehra Dhoon), 1875. [Indian holy man with pierced cheeks, holding an item of religious significance]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Fakirs Wounding Themselves, c1891. Creator: James Grant
Fakirs Wounding Themselves, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

View of the "House of Fakirs", Baroda, c1891. Creator: James Grant
View of the " House of Fakirs", Baroda, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. I.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

Indian Fakir, c1891. Creator: James Grant
Indian Fakir, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. I.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

A Fakir of Rajpootana, pub. 1858. Creator: A. Soltykoff (1806?1859)
A Fakir of Rajpootana, from Voyages in India, pub. by Smith, Elder & Co. 1858 (litho). Prince Aleksei Dmitrievich Saltykov/ A

Fakeer attached to the Suite of the Governor General in Camp, 1844. A bearded Hindu or Muslim holy man sits playing a drum by a small fire

Hindu fakirs and a native dwelling, 1902. Artist: Bourne & Shepherd
Hindu fakirs and a native dwelling, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Mohammedan Fakir or Conjurer, c1890, (1910). Artist: Alfred William Amandus Plate
A Mohammedan Fakir or Conjurer, c1890, (1910). From The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon. [Plate Ltd, Colombo, Kandy & Nuwara Eliya, 1910]

A Fakir at Delhi, 20th century

Fakirs at Amritsar, looking south across the Sacred Tank to the Golden Temple, India, c1900s()
Fakirs at Amritsar, looking south across the Sacred Tank to the Golden Temple, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card. The Golden Temple at Amritsar is the principal shrine of the Sikh religion

Hindu Fakirs practicing their superstitious rites, 19th century. Artist: Bell
Hindu Fakirs practicing their superstitious rites, 19th century. A fakir is a Sufi or Hindu ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic

The Churuk Puja or Swinging Ceremony, India, 19th century. Artist: JJ Crew
The Churuk Puja or Swinging Ceremony, India, 19th century. Hindus swing on the ends of ropes attached by hooks through their skin

Hindu Fakirs practising their superstitious rites, 19th century. Artist: Bell
Hindu Fakirs practising their superstitious rites, 19th century. 1) The Great Tree of the Banyans. 2) A pagoda of the idol Mamaniva

Festival of Mariyamma, or Mariyammai, (Hindu deity), 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Festival of Mariyamma, or Mariyammai, (Hindu deity), 1828. Hindus swing on the ends of ropes attached by hooks through their skin. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828

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