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5 March 2024

Tamil Hindu devotees are performing the para-kavadi ritual, an act of penance where they are suspended by hooks driven into their backs and legs and bounced up and down as they circle the exterior of the Tellipalai Amman Temple during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Several devotees are showing their devotion by making offerings and piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.

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5 March 2024

Tamil Hindu devotees are performing the para-kavadi ritual, an act of penance where they are suspended by hooks driven into their backs and legs and bounced up and down as they circle the exterior of the Tellipalai Amman Temple during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Several devotees are showing their devotion by making offerings and piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.

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5 March 2024

Tamil Hindu devotees are performing the para-kavadi ritual, an act of penance where they are suspended by hooks driven into their backs and legs and bounced up and down as they circle the exterior of the Tellipalai Amman Temple during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Several devotees are showing their devotion by making offerings and piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.

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5 March 2024

Tamil Hindu devotees are performing the para-kavadi ritual, an act of penance where they are suspended by hooks driven into their backs and legs and bounced up and down as they circle the exterior of the Tellipalai Amman Temple during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Several devotees are showing their devotion by making offerings and piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.

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5 March 2024

A Tamil Hindu devotee is performing the para-kavadi ritual, an act of penance where he is suspended by hooks driven into his back and legs and is being bounced up and down as he circles the exterior of the Tellipalai Amman Temple during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Several devotees are showing their devotion during this religious festival by making offerings and piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.

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5 March 2024

A Tamil Hindu devotee is performing the para-kavadi ritual, an act of penance where he is suspended by hooks driven into his back and legs and is being bounced up and down as he circles the exterior of the Tellipalai Amman Temple during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Several devotees are showing their devotion during this religious festival by making offerings and piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.

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5 March 2024

A Tamil Hindu devotee is splashing water over himself while performing the para-kavadi ritual, an act of penance during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival at the Tellipalai Amman Temple in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. This ritual involves being suspended by hooks driven into his back and legs and being bounced up and down as he circles the exterior of the temple. Several devotees are showing their devotion by making offerings and piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.

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5 March 2024

A Tamil Hindu devotee is splashing water over himself while performing the para-kavadi ritual, an act of penance during the Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival at the Tellipalai Amman Temple in Tellipalai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. This ritual involves being suspended by hooks driven into his back and legs and being bounced up and down as he circles the exterior of the temple. Several devotees are showing their devotion by making offerings and piercing their bodies with metal hooks and skewers.

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16 June 2021

Tamil Hindu devotee performing 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) during the Nallur Ther Festival (Nallur Chariot Festival) while on route to the Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil (Nallur Temple) in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Hundreds of thousands of Tamil Hindu devotees from across the globe attended this festival.

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16 June 2021

Tamil Hindu devotee performing 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) during the Nallur Ther Festival (Nallur Chariot Festival) while on route to the Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil (Nallur Temple) in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Hundreds of thousands of Tamil Hindu devotees from across the globe attended this festival.

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16 June 2021

Tamil Hindu devotee performing 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) during the Nallur Ther Festival (Nallur Chariot Festival) while on route to the Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil (Nallur Temple) in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Hundreds of thousands of Tamil Hindu devotees from across the globe attended this festival.

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18 July 2020

Tamil Hindu devotees performing the para-kavadi ritual as they are suspended by hooks driven into their backs and legs and bounced up and down as an act of penance during the Vinayagar Ther Thiruvizha Festival in Ontario, Canada on July 23, 2016.

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8 June 2020

Tamil Hindu devotees performing the para-kavadi ritual as they are suspended by hooks driven into their backs and legs and bounced up and down as an act of penance during the Vinayagar Ther Thiruvizha Festival in Ontario, Canada.

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