Charak Puja, Bangladesh. 26th April 2018. Women devotees of tribal community performing rituals during the ‘Charak festival' or ‘Santali Pata Parab'. The important part of Gajan festival is Charak Puja. The tradition of Charak Puja is all about worshipping the Charak tree and several penance acts performed by Charak Sanyasis around and on the tree. The Charak tree is a trunk of a tree without any roots or branches. rce sh Credit: PACIFIC PRESS/Alamy Live News
Women devotees of tribal community performing rituals during the ‘Charak festival’ or ‘Santali Pata Parab’. The important part of Gajan festival is Charak Puja. The tradition of Charak Puja is all about worshipping the Charak tree and several penance acts performed by Charak Sanyasis around and on the tree. The Charak tree is a trunk of a tree without any roots or branches. The height is about 30 to 40 feet. The Charak tree erected inside a ditch and balanced by bamboos. The Charak tree is believed to be the composite form of Shiva and Parvati. The amazing part is how sanyasi priests pierce sharp hooks at the bodies of participating sannyasis almost without any cut or injury. The hook held men them fly in circular path by the ropes fastened to the Charak tree on one end and to the hook on the other. In some places spine chilling acts take place where devotees lie on the nails of studded plank. (Photo by Subhashis Basu / Pacific Press)
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