Head anointing ceremony
- Bahubali Mahamastakabhisheka 2018
Mahamastakabhisheka, head anointing ceremony, of Lord Bahubali's 18 meters high statue at Shravanabelagola is held every twelve years. This Digamber Jain festival contains of a ritualistic process where the statue is poured with holy water, tender coconut water, kashka chooma and sandalwood paste.
The Mahamastakabhisheka celebration is held as a symbol of world peace and coexistence, as well as of Ahimsa and restraint as a means for sustained solution to the world's problems.
Award-winning photographer Karoki Lewis went to Shravanabelagola 2006 to capture the sights and sounds of the festival: Audio slideshow: Spectacular Jain Festival (BBC NEWS)
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