"parakavadi"

#9826616

30 Mar 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 an act of penance while on route to the Tellipalai Amman Temple during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival 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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#9826620

30 Mar 2023

Tamil Hindu devotee performs the para-kavadi ritual (where they are suspended by hooks driven into their back and legs and bounced up and down) as an act of penance while on route to the Tellipalai Amman Temple during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival 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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#9826622

30 Mar 2023

Tamil Hindu devotee performs the para-kavadi ritual (where they are suspended by hooks driven into their back and legs and bounced up and down) as an act of penance while on route to the Tellipalai Amman Temple during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival 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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#9826628

30 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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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#9826592

30 Mar 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 Mar 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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#9826602

30 Mar 2023

Tellipalai Amman Temple during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.

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#9826610

30 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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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