A young girl waits in line with her mother and other South India women to participate in a fire walking festival in the state of Tamil Nadu. Fire walking is an important ritual practiced by certain sections of Hindu society. The ritual is practiced by many Hindus in south India. The ritual is primarily dedicated to Amman an important femaled deity associated with the Shakti cult in South Indian and Tamil culture. The fire walking ritual is an act of self-purification.
A young girl waits in line with her mother and other South India women to participate in a fire walking festival in the state of Tamil Nadu. Fire walking is an important ritual practiced by certain sections of Hindu society. The ritual is practiced by many Hindus in south India. The ritual is primarily dedicated to Amman an important femaled deity associated with the Shakti cult in South Indian and Tamil culture. The fire walking ritual is an act of self-purification. For some of these devotees it is part of a vow in which the devotee promises to walk on fire in exchange for a wish or a blessing by Amman.
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