A Priest Offers Fire On His Tongue, Kataragama, Sri Lanka
KATARAGAMA, SRI LANKA, JULY 27: Swami Kaledasan, priest of Goddess Kali, takes on his tongue ignited punts of camphor, which he offers as fire to the divinity on July 27, 1993 in Kataragama Festival, Sri Lanka. As written in Bhagavad Gita, fire does not burn him and wind does not desiccate him. (Photo by Xavier Zimbardo/Getty Images)
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27 July, 1993
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- 1990-1999,
- Adult,
- Adults Only,
- Beard,
- Candid,
- Close-Up,
- Culture of India,
- Front View,
- Giving,
- Goddess,
- Headshot,
- Hinduism,
- Human Mouth,
- Human Tongue,
- Kālī - Deity,
- Moustache,
- Night,
- One Man Only,
- One Person,
- Outdoors,
- People,
- Portrait,
- Priest,
- Protruding,
- Real People,
- Sadhu,
- Senior Adult,
- Showing,
- Spirituality,
- Sri Lanka,
- Sticking Out Tongue,
- Tilaka,
- Tongue,