SAFRICA-RELIGION-CULTURE-HINDU-KAVADY

A Hindu devotee carries on his shoulders the kavadi" (a wooden frame) decked with flowers, lime, milk, fruits, idols and camphor as he pulls with two huge hooks tied on his back, a three-meter chariot decked with flowers, milk, lime, fruits, hooks, hindu deities, camphor and lamp, on February 8, 2020, during the annual Hindu Thaipoosam Kavady at the Chatsworth Magazine Barracks Shree Vishnu Hindu temple in Chatsworth township, some 40 kms north of Durban. - The festival is a purification ritual offering prayers, penance, observing a strict month long vegetarian diet and celebrating the birth of Hindu god, Muruga. (Photo by Rajesh JANTILAL / AFP) (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)