In photos: Indian Muslim Sufi devotees use sharp objects and self flagellate during the Urs festival
by Anorak | 17th, May 2013
IN photos: Indian Muslim Sufi devotees use sharp objects and self flagellate during the Urs festival procession to mark the death anniversary of Sufi Muslim saint Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, in Ajmer, India. Some of these photos are challenging viewing:
Devotees offer prayers at the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.
A family of Indian Muslim Sufis offer prayers for a family member, foreground, who they believe is possessed by evil spirits, at the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.
Outside the shrine
An Indian Muslim devotee prays at the entrance to the shrine
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