8 Unique And Offbeat Festivals Celebrated In India
Thimithi Fire-Walking Festival
Place: Tamil Nadu
We’ve come across walking on fire as an attention-seeking stunt but in Tamil Nadu, India it is a religious ceremony that is celebrated in many parts of the state.Thimithi also finds place in Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and South Africa and many communities celebrate the festival there. The devotees walk on fire to offer their prayers to Goddess Draupadi and it is believed that blessings by the Goddess are bestowed upon the ones who perform the activity. The festival is followed by enacting the excerpts of Hindu epic Mahabharata where Draupadi walked down the fire to confirm her prowess and chastity by sticking to the path of ‘dharma’.
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