Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1185

A fakir grows long hair on his head, and receives
demons into his body; but he is not a
saint, there is no sign of the spirit about him.
They assemble men and women and declare various
omens. Tuka says, They are impostors; Govinda is
not with them.

Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents