Leech Therapy On Nowruz Day In Kashmir

Kashmiri patients receive leech therapy from practitioners on the bank of Dal Lake, during a leech therapy session in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on March 21, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the first month of the Persian calendar, on which people in rural areas of Kashmir usually undergo leech therapy. Unani medicine is very popular until the 19th century. Leeches are used to drain out impure blood and are very effective in treating skin and other diseases. (Photo by Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto)

• Product Code
• ILEA004198131

• Registered date
• 2025/3/21 00:00:00

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• NurPhoto / Kyodo News Images

• Media source
• Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto

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• 6000 × 4000 pixel

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• 72 dpi

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• 3.16(MB)*

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