PHOTO KATHA: Dwarka plays host to Sheetla puja festival
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PHOTO KATHA: Dwarka plays host to Sheetla puja festival

People from the Tamil community organised the festival at Sheetla Mata Mandir in Sector 3 as residents from across the sub city participated in the puja.

PHOTO KATHA: Dwarka plays host to Sheetla puja festival Huge crowd gathered at Sheetla Mata Mandir, Sector 3

A huge crowd of residents from across Dwarka gathered at Sheetla Mata Mandir in Sector 3 on May 14 to participate in Sheetla puja festival organised by people from the Tamil community.

M Kanhaian, president of Sheetla Mata Mandir, told City Spidey, “We have been organising this puja every year for last 21 years in Dwarka. Earlier, we celebrated it in Janakpuri. This is our culture and tradition that we are trying to uphold in Delhi.”

City Spidey brings you a few photographs from the event:

 

Traditional drummers performing during a ritual

 

A woman devotee walks on a bed of hot embers

 

A devotee with a spear pierced through his mouth during a ritual