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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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21 March 2025

A Kashmiri Muslim woman receives leech therapy from a practitioner on her feet during a leech therapy session in Srinagar.

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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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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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#11088782

21 March 2024

A local practitioner is placing leeches in a plastic mug for 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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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 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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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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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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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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#11088781

21 March 2024

People are gathering to receive leech therapy on the occasion of Nowruz, the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar, in Srinagar, Kashmir, on March 21, 2024. On the day of Nowruz, individuals suffering from various skin ailments are gathering at Hazratbal, Srinagar, to receive the leech treatment.

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10 July 2021

Indian men selling fresh fruit and other snacks at a small shop in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, on May 31, 2010.

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