A view from Munster's Cosmographia, printed in Basel, 1572 (p.1088)

Source: ebay, Aug. 2002

An illustration of hook-swinging from 1670

Source: http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/LotDetail.asp?sid=&intObjectID=4415467&SE=CMWCAT04+37366+585380378+&QR=M+1+15+Aqc0000900+33681++Aqc0000900+&entry=india&SU=1&RQ=False&AN=16
(downloaded Dec. 2004)

"INDIA - ROGER, Abraham. La Porte ouverte, pour parvenir à la connoissance du paganisme caché. Amsterdam: Jean Schipper, 1670. 4°. Antiporta calcografica, 6 tavole fuori e nel testo, di cui 1 più volte ripiegata. Legatura coeva in piena pergamena, titolo in oro su tassello marrone al dorso (segni del tempo). Caillet 9560."

*View of the Churruck Poojah on the banks of the Ganges by James Moffat, c.1806* (BL)

"A Species of Penance Practised at the Festival of Goddess Bhavani," 1820's

Source: ebay, Feb. 2005

"Handcoloured engraving: A SPECIES OF PENANCE PRACTISED AT THE FESTIVAL OF GODDESS BHAVANI. By F. Shoberl, from his work, "The World in Miniature: Hindoostan (London: R. Ackermann, 1820's)"

Fanny Parkes included a depiction of hook-swinging in her 'Wanderings of a Pilgrim in search of the picturesque...', London, 1850 (BL)

*"A Swinging Festival in India," from the Illustrated London News, 1857*

Source: ebay, Oct. 2006

"The Churuk Puja or Swinging Ceremony, a steel engraving by Crew (James S. Virtue Co., London, 1858)

Source: ebay, Sept. 2005

Hook-swinging in Calcutta, spring 2008

Source: New York Times, April 14, 2008