Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c7.103

c7.103

Another interesting group of Jogīs, who trace their origin to Gorakhnāth are the Sepalas. The following description of them is based upon a visit to one of their camps in the rainy season of 1924: The Yogīs, or Jogīs, who were encamped on the open plain, were protected from the weather by very poor, thin tents of country-made cloth. These shelters were pyramidal in shape, and were erected something like American Indian wigwams. The edges of the tents were about two feet from the ground, and the space below the edges was open on all sides. Furniture was scanty, and, altogether, conditions were of poverty. About the camp were a large number of donkeys, the Sepalas deriving most of their income from the sale of these animals. These Jogīs keep fowls and dogs also.