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Horrible Hindu Self Torture Rites Still Persist Across India
A dramatic survey describes banned rites such as Cherak in Bengal and the hook festival at Kalighat Calcutta. It notes devotees endure piercing hooks and whirling wheels, and compares Hindu ecstatic rituals to derisive Western bootlegging of pleasures, with authorities limiting public practice yet rituals continuing in secret.
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Kanhoha
James Elroy Flecker
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William Buhler Seabrook
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