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Hindus display extreme devotion by piercing flesh with skewers during festival

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Footage shows hundreds of Hindu devotees piercing their skin, tongue, and body with Vel (spear), a weapon carried by Lord Murugan during the Thaipusam Festival in Chennai, India on February 5.

The Thaipusam Festival is a vibrant celebration for the Hindu community.

It is celebrated by the Tamil people in India and several other parts of the world. During this day, the devotees showcase their unshakable faith in the divine.

Hundreds of Hindu devotees subjected themselves to painful rituals such as piercing themselves with hooks, skewers, and small lances in honor of the Thaipusam festival.

The colorful celebration is the culmination of a period of both abstinence and fasting and is observed as a day of thanksgiving and paying penance.

Hindus believe they are cleansed of all sins and their misdeeds can be redeemed by observing these strict rituals and prayers during Thaipusam.

The festival is widely celebrated in many parts of India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Malaysia by the Hindu communities.

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