Thai Pusam

People who make vows for certain specific happenings in their life ( child, marriage, health, house, etc) celebrate by inserting seekhs, skewers, through their cheeks, fish hooks with lemons on their bodies. Some even have themselves hoisted up and carried to the temple with hooks sunk in their bodies. Devotees do not feel pain, as they fall into a trance, which is broken only by application of vibhuti ( holy ash) on them. Others offer their thanks by getting their heads shaved.

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