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Sold Price: The hook-swinging festival (charak puja) Murshidabad, late 18th/early 19th Century - June 4, 0120 11:00 AM BST
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Worshippers display their devotion by piercing skin with metal hooks during hindu festival - Storytrender
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![Kolkata, India. 14th Apr, 2021. People Hook -swinging during the ritual. The Hook-swinging ritual and festival of Charak is where people hang by a rope from an erected pole and they revolve Kolkata, India. 14th Apr, 2021. People Hook -swinging during the ritual. The Hook-swinging ritual and festival of Charak is where people hang by a rope from an erected pole and they revolve](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2F8KKN9/kolkata-india-14th-apr-2021-people-hook-swinging-during-the-ritual-the-hook-swinging-ritual-and-festival-of-charak-is-where-people-hang-by-a-rope-from-an-erected-pole-and-they-revolve-around-the-pole-credit-sopa-images-limitedalamy-live-news-2F8KKN9.jpg)
Kolkata, India. 14th Apr, 2021. People Hook -swinging during the ritual. The Hook-swinging ritual and festival of Charak is where people hang by a rope from an erected pole and they revolve
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Very Rare Footage: The Shiva Gajan Festival Part IV. The Carak "Circular Hook Swinging Ceremony - YouTube
![Kolkata, India. 14th Apr, 2021. People Hook -swinging during the ritual. The Hook-swinging ritual and festival of Charak is where people hang by a rope from an erected pole and they revolve Kolkata, India. 14th Apr, 2021. People Hook -swinging during the ritual. The Hook-swinging ritual and festival of Charak is where people hang by a rope from an erected pole and they revolve](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/078072211ab741d1ad6c9a55980946fb/2f8kkn7.jpg)
Kolkata, India. 14th Apr, 2021. People Hook -swinging during the ritual. The Hook-swinging ritual and festival of Charak is where people hang by a rope from an erected pole and they revolve
![Jawhar Sircar on Twitter: "Today is Chaitra Sankaranti in Bengal and tomorrow is Pahela Baisakh Festival. Hook swinging is now banned. https://t.co/OsYfL8GKnw" / Twitter Jawhar Sircar on Twitter: "Today is Chaitra Sankaranti in Bengal and tomorrow is Pahela Baisakh Festival. Hook swinging is now banned. https://t.co/OsYfL8GKnw" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVdRYMcUUAAKVN3.jpg:large)
Jawhar Sircar on Twitter: "Today is Chaitra Sankaranti in Bengal and tomorrow is Pahela Baisakh Festival. Hook swinging is now banned. https://t.co/OsYfL8GKnw" / Twitter
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