Kolkata, India. 17th Jan, 2006. Following Bengali calendar, at the end of a year and beginning of a new year, Hindus celebrate and follow these rituals to worship and impress lord Shiva. There various tough and painful rituals worshipers do like piercing sharp objects into their body and playing with fire. Only male devotees participate in these hard performances where as female devotees do fasting and offer pumas to the temples. © Prasenjit Ghosh/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News

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