Ganesh Festival

Toronto - a city of diverse cultures and religions. Crossing the street from the home, you can be in China or India, because there evoking the atmosphere of these countries, created by its residents, immigrants. Today, the author of the photos went to Sri Lanka, and all he had to do was just to cross the street. And here is the festival began carts Vinaayagar.






Believer performs Couple Kavadi. He hung on four hooks protruding from his back, and all hands and cheek in his piercing.



The priest encourages those who pulls a huge cart, on the 11th annual festival VInaayagar. 20,000 came to this important event in the calendar of the Tamil Hindus in Sri Lanka in Canada. In the cart there is an idol of God Vinaayagara (Ganesha), it was slowly being taken around the temple on the ropes.



Believers are pulling the wagon.



Festival participants are waiting for it began to pull the wagon on the ropes.



Festival participants are waiting for it began to pull the wagon on the ropes.



The priest blesses the faithful in front of the chariot with God Ganesha at the 11th annual festival in his honor.



People gave food to those who pull the wagon.



Girl covered until believers break coconuts as offerings to Lord Ganesha. Coconut, ruptured apart symbolizes purity.



Offerings in the burning pot.



Three believers perform Angath Pradesh - they roll on the ground on which drove the wagon, "where the Lord walked».



Hands and feet of one of the believers pricked with needles.



After nearly two hours in limbo (in the literal sense of the word) that the believer is removed from the hook on the back, for which he was suspended.



Believers ring the bell on a cart carrying Ganesha.



Idol of Lord Ganesha at the 11th annual festival Vinaayagar.



The believer is Kavadi after the festival.