Devotees with hooks piercing their backs performing Kavadi Aattam (Burden Dance) by St John's Church during the Tamil Chariot Festival, West Ealing

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This Tamil Chariot Festival is an annual Hindu public procession and festivity organised by Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple, West Ealing. UK. St John's Church is an evangelical Anglican Church and a Grade 2 listed building

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Size: 6943px × 4634px
Location: beside St John's Church, Mattock Lane, West Ealing, London UK
Photo credit: © Mike Robinson (UK) / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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