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#9826628
30 March 2023
Tamil Hindu devotee performs the para-kavadi ritual (where he is suspended by hooks driven into his back and legs and bounced up and down as he circles the exterior of the temple) as an act of penance during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival at the Tellipalai Amman Temple in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. During this religious festival several devotees show their devotion by making offerings and by piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.
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#9826640
30 March 2023
Tamil Hindu devotees perform the para-kavadi ritual (where they are suspended by hooks driven into their back and legs and bounced up and down as they circle the exterior of the temple) as an act of penance during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival at the Tellipalai Amman Temple in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. During this religious festival several devotees show their devotion by making offerings and by piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.
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#9826642
30 March 2023
Tamil Hindu devotees perform the para-kavadi ritual (where they are suspended by hooks driven into their back and legs and bounced up and down as they circle the exterior of the temple) as an act of penance during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival at the Tellipalai Amman Temple in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. During this religious festival several devotees show their devotion by making offerings and by piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.
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#9826584
30 March 2023
Tamil Hindu devotee performs the kavadi ritual while wearing wooden shoes with nails as an act of penance during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival at the Tellipalai Amman Temple in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. During this religious festival several devotees show their devotion by making offerings and by piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.
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#9826592
30 March 2023
Tamil Hindu devotee performs the kavadi ritual while wearing wooden shoes with nails as an act of penance during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival at the Tellipalai Amman Temple in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. During this religious festival several devotees show their devotion by making offerings and by piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.
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#9826594
30 March 2023
Tamil Hindu devotee performs the kavadi ritual while wearing wooden shoes with nails as an act of penance during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival at the Tellipalai Amman Temple in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. During this religious festival several devotees show their devotion by making offerings and by piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.
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#9826646
30 March 2023
Tamil Hindu devotee performs the kavadi ritual while wearing wooden shoes with nails as an act of penance during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival at the Tellipalai Amman Temple in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. During this religious festival several devotees show their devotion by making offerings and by piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.
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#9826590
30 March 2023
Hooks pierce the flesh of the back of a Tamil Hindu devotee performing the kavadi ritual as an act of penance during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival at the Tellipalai Amman Temple in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. During this religious festival several devotees show their devotion by making offerings and by piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.
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#9826602
30 March 2023
Tellipalai Amman Temple during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
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#9826610
30 March 2023
Colorful figures of Hindu deities adorn the Tellipalai Amman Temple during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
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#9826612
30 March 2023
Tamil Hindu woman carries a pooja coconut on her head during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival at the Tellipalai Amman Temple in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
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#9826614
30 March 2023
Tamil Hindu devotees hold plates with holy offerings during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival at the Tellipalai Amman Temple in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
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#9826624
30 March 2023
Crowds of Tamil Hindu devotees throng to the Tellipalai Amman Temple during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
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#9826630
30 March 2023
Crowds of Tamil Hindu devotees throng to the Tellipalai Amman Temple during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
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#9826632
30 March 2023
Crowds of Tamil Hindu devotees surround the massive wooden chariot (ther) during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival at the Tellipalai Amman Temple in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
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#9826634
30 March 2023
Tamil Hindu devotee holds a facial skewer during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival at the Tellipalai Amman Temple in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. During this religious festival several devotees show their devotion by making offerings and by piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.
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