03:19Hundreds of women gathered in India's Tamil Nadu on Sunday for a unique annual 'no-hands eating' festival, a bizarre yet culturally significant event believed to boost fertility.
Participants were seen praying before kneeling down and attempting to eat the food in front of them with their hands behind their backs.
The event occurs on the large stone steps at the Paradise Sithar temple in Sethupetty.
Thousands of women attend every year, but only a lucky few get to participate.
Just chew it! Hundreds of Indian women take part in bizarre eating ritual to boost fertility
Hundreds of women gathered in India's Tamil Nadu on Sunday for a unique annual 'no-hands eating' festival, a bizarre yet culturally significant event believed to boost fertility.
Participants were seen praying before kneeling down and attempting to eat the food in front of them with their hands behind their backs.
The event occurs on the large stone steps at the Paradise Sithar temple in Sethupetty.
Thousands of women attend every year, but only a lucky few get to participate.
Hundreds of women gathered in India's Tamil Nadu on Sunday for a unique annual 'no-hands eating' festival, a bizarre yet culturally significant event believed to boost fertility.
Participants were seen praying before kneeling down and attempting to eat the food in front of them with their hands behind their backs.
The event occurs on the large stone steps at the Paradise Sithar temple in Sethupetty.
Thousands of women attend every year, but only a lucky few get to participate.