Image Number: APN116121
Title: S-AFRICA-HINDU-KAVADY-FESTIVAL
Path:
african.pictures /
Independent Photographers /
Rajesh Jantilal
Description: DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA: A Hindu devotee dances in a state of trance as after many devotees pulled their respective chariots decked with flowers, milk, lime, fruits, hooks, hindu deities, camphor, lamp and spikes sewed to his body during the annual Hindu Thaipusam Kavady festival on 4 February 2007 at the Chatsworth Magazine Barracks Shree Vishnu Hindu temple in Chatsworth township some 40 kilometres north of Durban.The festival is a purification ritual offering prayers, penance, observing a strict month long vegetarian diet and in honour of Hindu God , Muruga. PHOTO:www.rajeshjantilal.com
Collections: Independent Photographers
Subcollections:
Rajesh Jantilal
Country: SOUTH AFRICA
Orientation: portrait
Pixel Size: 3956 x 5100
Media Id: 99_374
Credit: Rajesh Jantilal / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
Keywords:
vertical,
South Africa,
black and white image,
Africa,
Durban,
singing,
spiritual,
religious groups,
festival,
fans (devotees),
people,
drums,
music,
Hindu gods,
trance,
KwaZulu-Natal,
chatsworth,
Indians,
Asian peoples,
hooks,
piercings,
dancing,
,
Model Release: No
Property Release: No