In the coastal town of Kulasekarapattinam, Tamil Nadu, devotees gather during the Kulasai Dasara festival to honour Goddess Mutharamman. Amid drums, chants, and the scent of camphor, a performer carries a circle of flames in a trance-like state of devotion. The ritual, blending faith, endurance, and transformation, turns the night into a spectacle of fire and fervour, where divine belief illuminates both faces and hearts in the crowd.