Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Charaka festival

Charaka festival in Bengal, thookkam festival in Tamil nadu and Kerala, Sidi in Karnatak are all same. The ritualistic performance where people are suspended from a height on a moving tree trunk by piercing their body and its myth associated with Kali, Devi, Murugan and also its association with child birth is an interesting connection. How did this tantrik practice that became a ritual associated with hinduism spread from Bengal, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Kerala (excluding Orrissa and Andhra Belt) is an interesting story.

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