Indian devotee suspended by hooks in his back is swung through the air in the Festival of Quedil in honour of Mariatale, goddess of smallpox, at Negapattam temple. Similar to the Swinging Festival of Charak Puja or Harjrha Puga. Fete Quedil en l'Honneur de Mariatale, Deesse de la petite Verole. 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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