More than 120 people were injured on August 15 in a bizarre festival in northern India which sees devotees pelt each other with stones.

The "Bagwal" stone-pelting festival is held every year at the temple of goddess Barahi Devi in Devidhura, Uttarakhand state on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.

Locals believe that the goddess is pleased only after blood is shed during the sport, which is witnessed by thousands of people.

'Bagwal' stone pelting festival is held every year at the temple of goddess Barahi Devi on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. The goddess Barahi temple is located in Devidhura. It is a unique tradition to celebrate Raksha Bandhan in which devotees pelt stone at each other as part of a ritual named "Bagwal".Devotees flock to in large numbers to witness the festival. According to legend four local feudal lords -- Chamyal, Gaharwal, Olgiya, and Lamgaria- divide into two groups, both of whom start pelting each other with stones. The ritual ends with a signal from the head priest. More than 120 people were injured in a stone-pelting festival held in a temple in Deidhura in Champawat district as a part of a ritual to appease the local deity.