"24247 Hindu Fakir on bed of spikes, Benares. Medical Miss. Aux. B. M. S." This color postcard shows a man sitting on a bed of spikes. Around him, other people dressed in white have gathered to watch. The back of the postcard is stamped and postmarked and has handwriting on it.
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