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Rahasya: Weird snakebite festival in Rajasthan

Rajasthan celebrated a unique snake festival at Veer Teja temple in which devotees willingly received snakebites in order to bring good fortune. Hundred of devotees, from across the nation, every year gather at the temple of Veer Teja, a legendary folk hero, in Tonk town of Rajasthan to celebrate this festival. Teja is considered to be one of the eleven incarnations of Lord Shiva and worshipped as a deity in rural Rajasthan.

Updated : 24 September 2016, 10:10 PM

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