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Varanasi,

1910

The Fakirs at Benares, On the Bank of the Ganges. India.

Fakirs are generally considered to be holy men who posses miraculous powers

The word "fakir" usually refers to either the spiritual recluse or the common street beggar who chants sacred names, scriptures or verses. This term was primarily used during the Mughal-era. The word became part of the local idiom primarily due to the courts of Muslim rulers who used the Persian language.