WorldPingMembers of the Ramnami community in Chhattisgarh tattoo the name of Ram on their bodies as a form of devotion.
This practice began over a century ago as a response to social exclusion from temples due to caste discrimination.
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TOI exclusive: Barred from temples, they made their bodies a shrine to Ram
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