Hindu devotees walking on fire in honour of Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira) and his wife Draupadi in the Fire festival of Nerpou-Tirounal. Men and women carry the karaga claypot, bells, lamps and swords walking on hot coals. Four men carry an idol representing the deity. Fete du Feu en l'honneur de Darma-Raya et de Drobede. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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