Devotees dance after piercing their face with metal tridents to show devotion to God Shiva during the festival of Shiva Gajan. Charak is a part of Shiva Gajan festival is observed specially by the schedule cast community like Bauri, Bagdi, Hari, Dom etc. The personal who participated in the festival become Shiva devotees called Sannyashi or Bhakta & respected by all. Hundreds of faithful devotees offer sacrifice & performed acts of devotion during the festival in the hopes of winning the favour of Hindu god Shiva & ensuring the fulfilment of their wishes & also to mark the end of the Bengali c

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Devotees dance after piercing their face with metal tridents to show devotion to God Shiva during the festival of Shiva Gajan. Charak is a part of Shiva Gajan festival is observed specially by the schedule cast community like Bauri, Bagdi, Hari, Dom etc. The personal who participated in the festival become Shiva devotees called Sannyashi or Bhakta & respected by all. Hundreds of faithful devotees offer sacrifice & performed acts of devotion during the festival in the hopes of winning the favour of Hindu god Shiva & ensuring the fulfilment of their wishes & also to mark the end of the Bengali calendar year. The central theme of this Shiva Gajan festival is to achieve satisfaction through pain, devotion & sacrifice. (Photo by Subhashis Basu / Pacific Press)

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