Magnum Photos
Photographers 
Photographers 
Decades 
Decades 
Orientation 
Orientation 
Color 
Color 
Material 
Material 
Level 
Level 

Distro - 'In the Name of God' - The Ramnami Sect of India 

Olivia Arthur 

The Ramnamis are a small hindu sect from central India. As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system, because they process the skins of dead cows and are considered 'untouchable'. Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes. So, in an expression of their own proud religious convictions, the Ramnamis began the practice of tattooing the name of the god Ram all over their faces and bodies. In this way they wished to show that everyone is equal in the eyes of God and that they have no need of temples to confess... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. Members of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. Members of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. Members of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. Members of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. Members of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. Members of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. Members of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 

Olivia Arthur 2005

INDIA. Chhattisgargh. A member of the Ramnami sect, a group of... 
Display 
Items per page