A festival in northern India showed off a gruesome set of practices as Hindu devotees pierced their bodies with hooks and walked on hot coals.

The event happened on April 13 in Bund District, Jharkhand state, as the district celebrated "Bundu", with many people fasting and offering prayers to the Hindu deities Shiva and Parvati.

The devotees and priests walk over burning coals and insert iron rods into their bodies, believing they can experience no physical harm of anybody after fasting for five consecutive days. Some are even seen attaching balloons reading "Love" to the hooks and marching in a central procession.

One of the hooked worshippers can be seen ascending a tower and attaching himself to a crane, and being raised over a crowd, throwing flowers to the people below, who rush to grab them as they are said to bring good luck.

Festivals of faith By walking in Hot coals fire & inserting iron rod in the body in Northern India.

Festival of Bundu is celebrated with full enthusiasm for the festival of joy. On this occasion, fasting for a very large number of consecutive days,  Priests and devotees are involved. The devotees and priests pass through the burning coals on the strength of faith and also reveal their faith by inserting iron rods in the body. Bhojars believe that it is possible only because of the grace of Shiva and Parvati.  Priest makes special preparations about the flowering. All devotees, with full confidence, worship their mother Parvati and Shiva and ask for their vows. A large number of people join this worshiper & worship, the priest believes that all this is based only on faith, that is why there is no physical harm of anybody who is fasting for 5 consecutive days. When the people roam over Then all the flowers on the body fall down among the people. People are running to get that flower. The people believe that there is no harm in keeping the flower in the house.

The Incident happened on 13 April in Bund District Jharkhand India.