Tellipalai Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival In Sri Lanka

Tellipalai Amman Ther Thiruvizha Festival In Sri Lanka

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. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

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