Devotees with hooks piercing their backs performing Kavadi Aattam (Burden Dance) during the Tamil Chariot Festival, a Hindu procession, West Ealing

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This Tamil Chariot Festival is an annual Hindu public procession and festivity organised by Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, West Ealing. UK.

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Mattock Lane, West Ealing, London UK
Photo credit: © Mike Robinson (UK) / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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