Famous Photographer Marcel Marques With Ramnami Family
Over the last century members of the Hindu sect Ramnami Samaj have tattooed the name of their god, Ram, onto their bodies!
The Ramnami Samaj are a low-caste Hindu sect/community in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh and for over 100 years they have been carrying the name of their god on their skin. Translating as “society in the name of Ram” the Ramnami Samaj began tattooing their bodies in the face of discrimination by higher castes as a symbol of both defiance and religious devotion.
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