Title: S-AFRICA-HINDU-KAVADY-FESTIVAL
Image Number: APN116127
Media Id: 99_403
Path:
african.pictures /
Independent Photographers /
Rajesh Jantilal
Description: DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA: A Hindu devotee carries his "kavady" 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
Location: DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
Orientation: landscape
Pixel Size: 5850 x 3900
Credit: Rajesh Jantilal / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
Keywords:
black and white image,
Africa,
South Africa,
horizontal,
Durban,
singing,
spiritual,
religious groups,
festival,
fans (devotees),
February,
music,
Hindu gods,
KwaZulu-Natal,
chatsworth,
Indians,
Asian peoples,
2000s,
2007,
Chatsworth Magazine Barracks Shree Vishnu Hindu t,
religious objects,
,
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Property Release: No