DEVOTEES at a temple in Tamil Nadu celebrated an annual festival known as Vijayathasami by breaking coconuts on their heads and getting whipped with a rope, Tamil Nesan reported.
On the first day of the festivities, the devotees conduct rituals to seek blessings for their tools and weapons such as sickles and machetes.
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