A temple in south India is becoming popular for its perceived power to 'exorcise spirits' from women who are allegedly possessed.

Families of many "possessed women" take them to Dattatreya Temple in Ganagapura in Afzalpur taluk, Karnataka.

Eyewitnesses say the women who are "possessed" gain supernatural strength and perform extraordinary feats.

A video shot by a local reporter on December 26, 2019, shows a few women performing strange acrobatics in the temple rafters, though their families claimed they had no training for it.

The temple gets particularly crowded on days before a new moon when it is believed these spirits gain in power and worried families head to the temple.

Experts speculate these women could be suffering from undiagnosed mental issues which, in the absence of adequate treatment facilities, are taken as signs of possession by their families.

A temple in South India is becoming popular to exorcise spirits from women who are allegedly possessed of them.

Families of many ‘possessed women’ take them to Dattatreya Temple in Ganagapura in Afzalpur taluk in South India.

Eyewitnesses say the women who are ‘possessed’ gain supernatural strength and perform extraordinary feats.

A video shot by a local reporter shows a few women performing stunning acrobatic at the temple though their families said they had no training in that.

The temple gets particularly crowded on New Moon Days when the spirits are believed to gain in the power and the worried families head to the temple.

Experts say these women could be suffering from undiagnosed mental issues which in the absence of adequate treatment facility are taken as signs of possession by their families.