Hindu Devotees Get Cheeks Pierced During Religious Procession

5/10/2011 9:30 AM ET | Filed under: Etc. • Photos!

THAT's what we call devotion! Check out the photos (below) of devotees of the Hindu Goddess Maha Mariamman getting their cheeks pierced during a religiou… Read more…

hindu devotees get cheeks pierced during religious procession

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msloriga says – reply to this

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That's not pierced, that's fucking SKEWERED!!!!!
andydo says – reply to this

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Thats what I call: mental retardation. Religions turn people into brainwashed dangerous freaks.
mattyvoyager says – reply to this

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Fuckin Dick heads! They should take all their crazy shit and go live on an island by themselves and take all the other BS extremeists with them. The world is just gettin sick of these freaks and their crazyness which always seems to come from the same kind of people. Yes I know its very un Gaga and politically incorrect of me to violate their human rights like this but where are the rights of normal people to not be surrounded by nutters from the east! Who's for tea?
jerkstore says – reply to this

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Silly tradition.
Eternia says – reply to this

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ugh this is nothing new !! I seen this of the Discovery channel about a million times
OutOfControl says – reply to this

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I think I'd run from that religion!! Mutilating themselves for it? That can't be a good thing. Seems a bit over the top to me, as bizarre as female circumcision. Just another out dated ritual that needs to be looked at. I suppose one could look at it as extreme piercing. :/ Not my cup of tea, but to each their own I guess!
sevenstars says – reply to this

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perez!! look into the vegetarian festival in phuket thailand! :] youll be shocked. ive seen kid bikes, saxophones & more in peoples cheeks.
judalon says – reply to this

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This is not devotion, it is stupidity.
MsJules says – reply to this

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I don't see how self mutiliation shows that your devoted, but I mean I don't know anything about their culture… looks painful as fk tho! lOL
Gilbert Bumpucker says – reply to this

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You'd think that with the high tolerance for pain, they'd visit a dentist more often.
La Vaquera says – reply to this

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No, that's NOT what you call "devotion." That's what you call sheep-like herd-like, mindless-like STUPIDITY. If they contract infections and their teeth fall out, (a) they deserve it for being so idiotic and (b) it will be a lesson to be heeded by everyone younger than they.
@v@ says – reply to this

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You want piercing? Take a walk downtown in any city in America. The studs are just smaller, and in multiple and questionable locations.
beetroot says – reply to this

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Had my cheeks pierced :0 its not so bad, but this isn't piercing lol, there isn't a way in hell I'd do that to myself, respect though that they have the balls
XCAPADE says – reply to this

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Some of you are so ignorant. This shit happens all the time in countless cultures. It looks crazy and unusual for some of you, and that's fine, but to go as far as to call someone, "mentally retarded", for some of their rituals is disrespectful and plain IGNORANCE.
Serena Loves Mario says – reply to this

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Re: mattyvoyager – Do you know ANYTHING about Hinduism? I highly doubt it. These people aren't "freaks" or "dick heads", you ignorant fool! I should know, as I actually lived in India and attended many Hindu ceremonies - I'm not completely ignorant about their culture, yet feel the need to make uneducated comments about them, as you do.
Anuradha Meddows-Mccartney Lennon-Bulsara says – reply to this

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My family are all Hindu (I'm atheist).. and I've never once heard of this goddess..And great, this post has had the effect you intended it to, probably..make all Indians look like some tribal boors or some shit.Well done.
poorlittlerichiegirl says – reply to this

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ethnocentric much?