Bizarre festival: Torch-weidling men hurl burning leaves at each other to appease goddess

By Taniya Dutta These hair-raising pictures show the moment hundreds of bare chest devotees clad only in a thin, red loincloth engaged in a fierce battle with burning palm fronds as their weapon to appease a Hindu goddess. Each year in the month of April, Agni Keli-the festival of Kateel Durga Parameswri Temple in Magalore [...]

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