A Malaysian Hindu devotee with his back pierced with hooks walks towards the Batu caves temple during the Thaipusam festival celebrations in Kuala Lumpur on February 9, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of Hindus in Malaysia take part in the colourful Thaipusam festival and show their devotion to the Lord Murugan by piercing their bodies with tridents, hooks and skewers. RSS / AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA