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21 March 2025
Kashmiri patients receive leech therapy from a practitioner on the bank of Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on March 21, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the first month of the Persian calendar, on which people in rural areas of Kashmir usually undergo leech therapy. Unani medicine is very popular until the 19th century. Leeches are used to drain out impure blood and are very effective in treating skin and other diseases.
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21 March 2025
Kashmiri patients receive leech therapy from practitioners on the bank of Dal Lake, during a leech therapy session in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on March 21, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the first month of the Persian calendar, on which people in rural areas of Kashmir usually undergo leech therapy. Unani medicine is very popular until the 19th century. Leeches are used to drain out impure blood and are very effective in treating skin and other diseases.
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21 March 2025
Kashmiri patients receive leech therapy from practitioners on the bank of Dal Lake, during a leech therapy session in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on March 21, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the first month of the Persian calendar, on which people in rural areas of Kashmir usually undergo leech therapy. Unani medicine is very popular until the 19th century. Leeches are used to drain out impure blood and are very effective in treating skin and other diseases.
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#11088779
21 March 2024
A local practitioner is placing leeches on the feet of a woman to suck impure blood as a means of skin treatment in celebration of Nowruz, the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar, in Srinagar, Kashmir, on March 21, 2024. On the day of Nowruz, people suffering from various skin ailments are gathering at Hazratbal, Srinagar, to receive the leech treatment.
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#11088780
21 March 2024
A local practitioner is placing leeches on the feet of a woman to suck impure blood as a means of skin treatment in celebration of Nowruz, the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar, in Srinagar, Kashmir, on March 21, 2024. On the day of Nowruz, people suffering from various skin ailments are gathering at Hazratbal, Srinagar, to receive the leech treatment.
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#11088784
21 March 2024
A local practitioner is placing leeches on the back of a man to suck impure blood as a means of skin treatment in celebration of Nowruz, the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar, in Srinagar, Kashmir, on March 21, 2024. On the day of Nowruz, people suffering from various skin ailments are gathering at Hazratbal, Srinagar, to receive the leech treatment.
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21 March 2024
A local practitioner is placing leeches on the feet of a woman to suck impure blood as a means of skin treatment in celebration of Nowruz, the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar, in Srinagar, Kashmir, on March 21, 2024. On the day of Nowruz, people suffering from various skin ailments are gathering at Hazratbal, Srinagar, to receive the leech treatment.
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#11088786
21 March 2024
A local practitioner is placing leeches on the hand of a man to suck impure blood as a means of skin treatment in celebration of Nowruz, the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar, in Srinagar, Kashmir, on March 21, 2024. On Nowruz, people suffering from various skin ailments are gathering at Hazratbal, Srinagar, to receive leech treatment.
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#11088789
21 March 2024
A local practitioner is placing leeches on the foot of a girl to suck impure blood as a means of skin treatment in celebration of Nowruz, the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar, in Srinagar, Kashmir, on March 21, 2024. On Nowruz, people suffering from various skin ailments are gathering at Hazratbal, Srinagar, to receive leech treatment.
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#11088783
21 March 2024
A local practitioner is placing leeches on the hands and feet of a man to suck impure blood as a means of skin treatment in celebration of Nowruz, the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar, in Srinagar, Kashmir, on March 21, 2024. On the day of Nowruz, people suffering from various skin ailments are gathering at Hazratbal, Srinagar, to receive the leech treatment.
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#11088787
21 March 2024
A local practitioner is placing leeches on the hands and feet of a man to suck impure blood as a means of skin treatment in celebration of Nowruz, the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar, in Srinagar, Kashmir, on March 21, 2024. On the day of Nowruz, people suffering from various skin ailments are gathering at Hazratbal, Srinagar, to receive the leech treatment.
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21 March 2024
A local practitioner is placing leeches on the hands and feet of a man to suck impure blood as a means of skin treatment in celebration of Nowruz, the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar, in Srinagar, Kashmir, on March 21, 2024. On the day of Nowruz, people suffering from various skin ailments are gathering at Hazratbal, Srinagar, to receive the leech treatment.
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#6545440
21 March 2021
SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA-MARCH 21: Leeches are placed by a local practitioner on the hand of a girl to suck impure blood as a means of skin treatment on the occasion of Nowruz, the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar in Srinagar,Kashmir on March 21, 2021. On the day of Nowruz people suffering from various skin ailments gather at Hazratbal, Srinagar to receive the leech treatment.
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#6545448
21 March 2021
SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA-MARCH 21: Leeches are placed by a local practitioner on the back of a man to suck impure blood as a means of skin treatment on the occasion of Nowruz, the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar in Srinagar,Kashmir on March 21, 2021. On the day of Nowruz people suffering from various skin ailments gather at Hazratbal, Srinagar to receive the leech treatment.
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21 March 2021
SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA-MARCH 21: Leeches are placed by a local practitioner on the hands of a woman to suck impure blood as a means of skin treatment on the occasion of Nowruz, the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar in Srinagar,Kashmir on March 21, 2021. On the day of Nowruz people suffering from various skin ailments gather at Hazratbal, Srinagar to receive the leech treatment.
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#4028700
21 March 2019
Kashmiri people take Leech treatment on the banks of Dal Lake Srinagar, Indian Administered Kashmir on 21 March 2019. The traditional treatment is held each year on the day of Nauroz (Iranian New Year's Day). The healers use leeches to suck the impure blood from the patients who have skin, cold or frost diseases.
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