Hindu man never cuts the nails on his left hand to seek religious merit, Vārānasi , India, ca. 1920

"Another "holy" man who has taken a vow that he will never allow the finger nails of his left hand to be cut or broken." A man stands with wide eyes and hands openly facing the camera. The fingernails of his left hand are very long. This photograph is from an album prepared by W. K. Norton of The Pilgrims Mission, Benares [Vārānasi].另有一位“神圣”修行者立下誓言，绝不修剪或弄断左手的指甲。该男子双眼圆睁，双手正对镜头摊开，其左手指甲极长。这张照片出自本拿勒斯（今瓦拉纳西Vārānasi）朝圣者传教团（The Pilgrims Mission）的W·K·诺顿（W. K. Norton）所编纂的影集。