Two Hindu ascetics: left, a woman wearing saffron robes, brimless hat and slippers and smoking a hookah; right, a barefoot man wearing a saffron loincloth and a tigerskin, and carrying a spear and sword in a scabbard. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore).

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Credit: Two Hindu ascetics: left, a woman wearing saffron robes, brimless hat and slippers and smoking a hookah; right, a barefoot man wearing a saffron loincloth and a tigerskin, and carrying a spear and sword in a scabbard. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore). Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.