Stock Photo - CANADA, SCARBOROUGH, 27.07.2013, A Tamil Hindu devotee is prepared to be suspended over the crowd as hooks are driven into his legs and back and he is pierced with facial skewers during the Ganesh Chariot Festival. The festival is an occasion for devotees to show the sincerity of their faith by piercing the body. Devotees prepare for the celebration by cleansing themselves through prayer, celibacy and fasting for 11 to 25 days before the festival. During this Tamil religious festival several devotees show their devotion by making offerings and by piercing their flesh with metal hooks and skewers. - 27/07/2013

Stock Photo: CANADA, SCARBOROUGH, 27.07.2013, A Tamil Hindu devotee is prepared to be suspended over the crowd as hooks are driven into his legs and back and he is pierced.

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