Being blessed by stamping the chest | Only In India

Secularism is the motto of our nation, where every religion has its faith which everyone respects with pride. Among these are many abnormal things happening around which have been neglected or say encouraged but few different states across the nation.

Being blessed by stamping the chest

Here is another kind of blessing which is given to the children by touching there chest, belly, face or even legs by the priest. There are various other things taken up for the Shiva Gajan festival which is celebrated at Kolkata.
Parents trust that their child will be blessed with prosperity and good health. On the last day of the Bengali calendar this festival is celebrated in two states i.e. West Bengal and Tripura.

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Here are few more festivals which are followed.
Fire-Walking – Theemithi, Tamil Nadu
Tossing infants from the roof for good luck – Maharashtra and Karnataka
Hooking the flesh and piercing the body: Thaipoosam, Tamil Nadu
Facing the raging bull unarmed – Jallikattu, Tamil Nadu

Hooking the flesh and piercing the body Thaipoosam, Tamil Nadu

Facing the raging bull unarmed – Jallikattu, Tamil Nadu

Fire walking(Theemithi) Tamil Nadu