15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
The Man is taking part in a procession on the occassion of Gajon Festival

Gajon is one of the oldest festival of the Hindus. Throughout India, this festival celebrated in the faith of Lord Shiva. The people who are actively taking part in this festival are maintained one month restricted life before the day of Gajon. This person also maintain one month restriction period and perforated thousands of needles on his body decorated with paper flowers and moving towards the temple of Lord Shiva with the other devotees.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2015
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Chandaneswar, India
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Copyright: © Kaushik Sengupta