Charak Puja Festival - Bangladesh
A Hindu monk swings from a rope tied to a wooden pole and attached hooks pierced into the skin of his back for a ritual performed during the Charak Puja festival on the last day of the Bengali calendar in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh, 13 April 2024. Charak Puja is a festival of penance that is dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. The Bangalee nation celebrates the traditional Chaitra Sankranti festival, marking the last day of the Bangla year. Charak puja is one of the major events of the festival, and it is performed during the day-long celebration of Chaitra Sankranti in rural Bangladesh. Chaitra is the last month of the spring season in the Bangla calendar. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM
- Product Code
- ILEA002565409
- Registered date
- 2024/4/13 00:00:00
- Credit
- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Suvra Kanti Das/ABACA
- Media size
- 5472 × 3648 pixel
- Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Deployment size
- 2.88(MB)*
- Special instruction
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.
