The needles are inserted on the arms back, and it is painful procedure , time consuming but clusters of lime will be hung by the devotee , at Mariamman feast my friend Shamugham of Madraswadi inserts hooks to hang clusters of Talgodas , much heavier than lime.
Hooks are inserted in the back and the devotee pulls cars rickshas , or he hangs on a pully from a moving crane..
All this I have documented over the years and clearly seen in my Marriamman set of Koliwada Sion ..and Worli too.
Here at Juhu I was too tired I did not shoot this segment of human horse pulling cars etc..
I left early too , I was totally dehydrated , I was barefeet ...
But I shot the hijras devotees of Goddess Marriamman who carried hot burning pots on their heads ..Anjali their Guru is a follower of my HIjra blogs at Flickr and Wordpress.
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