Annual Sri Mayurapathy Paththirakaali festival in Sri Lanka
A Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil Hindu devotee, her back pierced with a steel hooks, participates in an annual festival of Sri Mayurapathy Paththirakaali Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Devotees celebrated the temple festival by displaying acts of faith to seek blessings from their deities. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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