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I wonder whose heads are those since Hindus burn their dead to ashes.Worshippers dance with a human SKULL to appease Hindu deity and call for rainfall and a large harvest in India
By Lydia Catling For Mailonline
11:04 13 Apr 2021, updated 15:13 13 Apr 2021
Hindu devotees took to the streets holding on to human skulls in Bardhaman, India, for annual festival
Incredible pictures show unusual ritual in which people carry heads in streets, attracting a lot of attention
Week-long Gajan festival mostly celebrated in West Bengal and is associated with Hindu deities such as Shiva
Worshippers carrying a human skull dance along the streets of Bardhaman, India, as part of a festival which appeases a Hindu deity.
Startling photographs show residents of the city taking to the streets dressed in bright colours and holding on to several skulls.
The Hindu devotees were also carrying a sword as part of the the Gajan Festival, which is commonly celebrated in West Bengal at this time of year.
Onlookers stood on their doorsteps, on the side of the street and outside shops, pulling out their phones to capture the incredible display.
A few selected men, wearing flowers around their necks and ornate head accessories, were chosen to carry the skulls and often held them high above the crowds.
The week-long Gajan Festival is mostly celebrated in West Bengal and is associated with Hindu deities such as Shiva, Neel and Dharmaraj.
According to photographer Avishek Das, on the last day of the Bengali Calendar, in the middle of April, devotees worship dead bodies to satisfy Lord Shiva for better rain and harvest, a 100-year-old traditional practice.
The central theme of the pre-harvest festival is satisfaction through non-sexual pain, devotion and sacrifice.
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Give a god a bone: A group of worshippers took to the streets in Bardhaman, India, today as part of the Gajan Festival, carrying human skulls along as part of the procession
Hindu devotees held up the human skulls and pointed them right in front of cameras for passersby who had stopped to take pictures and record the unusual ritual,
A few selected people, wearing flowers and elaborate head accessories, appeared to be the chosen ones to carry the skulls for the parade
While many of those involved in the procession seem unfazed by the human skulls, others, including this young boy, were still a little wary of them
The week-long Gajan Festival is mostly celebrated in West Bengal and is associated with Hindu deities such as Shiva, Neel and Dharmaraj. Pictured: People stand on doorsteps to take pictures of the festival
The 100-year-old tradition is said to take place on the last day of the Bengali Calendar, in the middle of April, where devotees worship dead bodies to satisfy Lord Shiva for better rain and harvest
Those selected to carry the human skulls held them in their hands high above the crowds as large groups of people and took pictures of the unusual sight
The central theme of the pre-harvest Gajan festival is satisfaction through non-sexual pain, devotion and sacrifice. Pictured: A man carries a human skull through the street as people stop to take pictures
As well as the parade, the Hindu devotees then set down the human skulls and take part in a traditional dance (pictured)
Worshippers dance with a human SKULL to appease Hindu deity in India
Hindu devotees walked through the streets of Bardhaman, India, today wearing elaborate colours and holding human skulls. The tradition has been taking place for 100 years as part of Gajan Festival.www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
If I start quoting your religious scholars and your books you will have nowhere to hide except beg the mods to ban me.
But since you mentioned Bhim Rao Ambedkar, let me quote him and one of his experience with Muslims.
When Ambedkar visited Muslim Daulatabad fort in Nizam's kingdom,his followers drank water The Muslims started abusing Ambedkar saying "The untouchables have polluted our water". Ambedkar was vulgarly abused and feared he would be murdered. They were not allowed to touch water and even an armed guard was assigned to ensure he did not touch the water.
Please stick to the topic.
Not every one can afford a cremation, and bodies are regularly stolen from morgues and hospitals. There is insufficient wood for a regular cremation, and a traditional cremation with Sandalwood and ghee, ( such as TV footage in the case of Indira Gandhi ) is far beyond the means of an average person. In places like Varanasi half burned bodies are simply tossed into the Ganges. The Indian government does provide electric crematoriums, but these are only in the big cities, and even there are not always maintained well or even functional with frequent power cuts. The vast majority of India's 1.3 billion population have little access to proper crematoriums. There is insufficient wood to consume all of India's dead. So getting a body is not difficult.
Sir I respect your knowledge about Hindus and India. You have studied them in depth.
Burying in sitting posture is a practice among vaishnavs (bauls also in Bengal). The skulls are probably collected from crematorium in villages.
Burning heads are not collected. The unburnt bones and skull are often found in the remains of burnt pyres, in villeges, you can easily come across them around the open crematorium if you search at the ashes of burnt pyres.
Look, there is a mixing of culture derived from buddhism, hinduism (both shakta and vaishnav) and islam in Bengal as well as numerous tribal form of deities. They have a unique diversity as well as interaction among all the belief which is co exiating in Bengal for thousands of years and they have a deep influence on literatures, music , sculptures etc in Bengal. Even it have created a unique religious philosophy also i.e. the Bauls. This interaction has attracted people from all the mainstream religion for centuries. This co existance and mixing has given lividity to our culture and made it richer. We consider this natural coexistance of culture as our treasure. No temporary fanatism of mainstream religion from any sector can destroy it.
They are not skulls, they are heads. Real ones.Worshippers dance with a human SKULL to appease Hindu deity and call for rainfall and a large harvest in India
By Lydia Catling For Mailonline
11:04 13 Apr 2021, updated 15:13 13 Apr 2021
Hindu devotees took to the streets holding on to human skulls in Bardhaman, India, for annual festival
Incredible pictures show unusual ritual in which people carry heads in streets, attracting a lot of attention
Week-long Gajan festival mostly celebrated in West Bengal and is associated with Hindu deities such as Shiva
Worshippers carrying a human skull dance along the streets of Bardhaman, India, as part of a festival which appeases a Hindu deity.
Startling photographs show residents of the city taking to the streets dressed in bright colours and holding on to several skulls.
The Hindu devotees were also carrying a sword as part of the the Gajan Festival, which is commonly celebrated in West Bengal at this time of year.
Onlookers stood on their doorsteps, on the side of the street and outside shops, pulling out their phones to capture the incredible display.
A few selected men, wearing flowers around their necks and ornate head accessories, were chosen to carry the skulls and often held them high above the crowds.
The week-long Gajan Festival is mostly celebrated in West Bengal and is associated with Hindu deities such as Shiva, Neel and Dharmaraj.
According to photographer Avishek Das, on the last day of the Bengali Calendar, in the middle of April, devotees worship dead bodies to satisfy Lord Shiva for better rain and harvest, a 100-year-old traditional practice.
The central theme of the pre-harvest festival is satisfaction through non-sexual pain, devotion and sacrifice.
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Elsewhere in the region, men from Krishnadevpur pierce themselves with iron rods and hooks in a bid to show their devotion to Shiva, hoping for a favourable harvest, the BBC reports.
Give a god a bone: A group of worshippers took to the streets in Bardhaman, India, today as part of the Gajan Festival, carrying human skulls along as part of the procession
Hindu devotees held up the human skulls and pointed them right in front of cameras for passersby who had stopped to take pictures and record the unusual ritual,
A few selected people, wearing flowers and elaborate head accessories, appeared to be the chosen ones to carry the skulls for the parade
While many of those involved in the procession seem unfazed by the human skulls, others, including this young boy, were still a little wary of them
The week-long Gajan Festival is mostly celebrated in West Bengal and is associated with Hindu deities such as Shiva, Neel and Dharmaraj. Pictured: People stand on doorsteps to take pictures of the festival
The 100-year-old tradition is said to take place on the last day of the Bengali Calendar, in the middle of April, where devotees worship dead bodies to satisfy Lord Shiva for better rain and harvest
Those selected to carry the human skulls held them in their hands high above the crowds as large groups of people and took pictures of the unusual sight
The central theme of the pre-harvest Gajan festival is satisfaction through non-sexual pain, devotion and sacrifice. Pictured: A man carries a human skull through the street as people stop to take pictures
As well as the parade, the Hindu devotees then set down the human skulls and take part in a traditional dance (pictured)
Worshippers dance with a human SKULL to appease Hindu deity in India
Hindu devotees walked through the streets of Bardhaman, India, today wearing elaborate colours and holding human skulls. The tradition has been taking place for 100 years as part of Gajan Festival.
You are no one to judge them. There are thousands of tribes around the world who has this kind of practice like dancing with skull. They are not killing anyone to collect them, neither they collect a new one every year (usually they preserve it for years and take it out on the day of festival). If you have so much concern with disrespect of human body parts, what will you say to the medical students? In our 1st year UG days, we never saw any consent of the person whose skeleton we were bying. Do not judge others by the rules of your own. This kind of undue interference from any kind of religion is not appreciable.
Diversity is not a bad thing it is our greatest asset.
You will not be chopped up mate come on how likely would that be. The nearest I think I heard anything like this was in my village in Punjab is when you hear boys getting snatched and killed as some sort of sacrifice by women so they could have kids. That is babas making money or a toona even then i have never met anyone who it happened to so more an urban myth . India has tribes and i might not think this is normal but is to them live and let live. If like you said and it some sort of human sacrafice then the state police should stop it i think those skulls mummified like shrunken heads
My thought exactly everyone's religion to them is the right path to god . Never argue about someone's faith if you think they going to hell let them .
