Ag Ka Matam Supari Tala Bandra
The Shias of Bandra predominantly the Shia Khojas of the Shia Khoja Bandra Mosque, organize the Ag Ka Matam or walking on fire at the nearby Supari Talao Bandra.
These are pictures I shot a few years back on slides, I have scanned them to be posted at my Scanned Memories set at Flickr.
The fire ramp is made with great care and sea sand along with heaps of burning coal are used.
After a short Majlis by the Maulana , the Sajjads begin walking with their Alams later followed by men and children.
This is an all male event..
On the other end of the ground is an enclosure for women who see the Ag Ka Matam on a wide screen.
A liitle ahead is the blood donation camp.. The Shias donating blood for a noble human cause..
After the event gets over the Shias are served Dal ghost rice by the organisers.
more pictures on flickr scanned memories set
Posted by photographerno1 on 15 Nov 2008 04:30 am
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