Anantnag, India. 21st Mar, 2017. A Kashmiri man receives leech therapy on March, 21 in Anantnag District 60 Km from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, India. Practitioners of the centuries-old alternative form of treatment use leeches to suck impure blood from the affected patient to treat various ailments. Though overshadowed by allopathic treatment over the years, people from various parts of Kashmir Travel miles to avail the therapy on Nouroz. Credit: Muneeb Ul Islam/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News

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