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22 April 2024

Ethnic Hindu Tamil devotees are piercing their bodies with sharp irons as part of a ritual procession during the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha celebrations, which is marching from the Shri Bathara Kaliamman temple through several roads of Medan city, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. Hindus believe that the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals show their devotion to the God Shri Kaliamman on the full moon in the Chitirai month of the Tamil calendar, according to the temple priest, Nileganden.

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22 April 2024

Ethnic Hindu Tamil devotees are piercing their bodies with sharp irons as part of a ritual procession during the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha celebrations, which is marching from the Shri Bathara Kaliamman temple through several roads of Medan city, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. Hindus believe that the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals show their devotion to the God Shri Kaliamman on the full moon in the Chitirai month of the Tamil calendar, according to the temple priest, Nileganden.

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22 April 2024

Ethnic Hindu Tamil devotees are piercing their bodies with sharp irons as part of a ritual procession during the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha celebrations, which is marching from the Shri Bathara Kaliamman temple through several roads of Medan city, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. Hindus believe that the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals show their devotion to the God Shri Kaliamman on the full moon in the Chitirai month of the Tamil calendar, according to the temple priest, Nileganden.

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22 April 2024

Ethnic Hindu Tamil devotees are piercing their bodies with sharp irons as part of a ritual procession during the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha celebrations, which is marching from the Shri Bathara Kaliamman temple through several roads of Medan city, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. Hindus believe that the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals show their devotion to the God Shri Kaliamman on the full moon in the Chitirai month of the Tamil calendar, according to the temple priest, Nileganden.

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22 April 2024

Ethnic Hindu Tamil devotees are piercing their bodies with sharp irons as part of a ritual procession during the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha celebrations, which is marching from the Shri Bathara Kaliamman temple through several roads of Medan city, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. Hindus believe that the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals show their devotion to the God Shri Kaliamman on the full moon in the Chitirai month of the Tamil calendar, according to the temple priest, Nileganden.

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22 April 2024

Ethnic Hindu Tamil devotees are piercing their bodies with sharp irons as part of a ritual procession during the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha celebrations, which is marching from the Shri Bathara Kaliamman temple through several roads of Medan city, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. Hindus believe that the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals show their devotion to the God Shri Kaliamman on the full moon in the Chitirai month of the Tamil calendar, according to the temple priest, Nileganden.

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#11167763

22 April 2024

Ersat, a 19-year-old ethnic Hindu Tamil, is posing as a portraiture subject before beginning to pierce his body with sharp irons as part of the ritual procession of the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha celebrations. The procession is moving from the Shri Bathara Kaliamman temple through several roads in Medan, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. Hindus believe that the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals are a way to show their devotion to the God Shri Kaliamman on the full moon of the Chitirai month in the Tamil calendar, according to the temple priest, Nileganden.

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30 November 2023

A close-up of a finger is pointing to the WhatsApp mobile app on a smartphone screen, which is also displaying the icons of Instagram, Telegram, TikTok, Tinder, YouTube, and Messenger, in Brussels, Belgium, on November 30, 2023.

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30 November 2023

A close-up of a finger is pointing to the Instagram mobile app on a smartphone screen, which is displayed alongside other apps including Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, TikTok, Tinder, YouTube, and Messenger, in Brussels, Belgium, on November 30, 2023.

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30 November 2023

A close-up of a finger is pointing to the Facebook mobile app on a smartphone screen, which is displayed alongside other apps including Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram, TikTok, Tinder, YouTube, and Messenger, in Brussels, Belgium, on November 30, 2023.

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30 November 2023

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30 November 2023

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30 November 2023

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30 November 2023

A close-up of a finger is pointing to the Instagram mobile app on a smartphone screen, which is displayed alongside other apps including X, Telegram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, and Messenger, in Brussels, Belgium, on November 30, 2023.

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30 November 2023

A close-up of a finger is pointing to the WhatsApp mobile app on a smartphone screen, which is displayed alongside other apps including X, Telegram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, and Messenger, in Brussels, Belgium, on November 30, 2023.

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30 November 2023

A close-up of a finger is pointing to the Twitter mobile app on a smartphone screen, which is displayed alongside other apps including Instagram, Telegram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, and Messenger, in Brussels, Belgium, on November 30, 2023.

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