India’s Reverse Rituals: Unconventional Paths to the Divine

Here in India, tradition is made holy — but some of these temples, tradition spins, twirls, and dances backwards.

From men wearing sarees to celebrate promises, from priests processing backwards, to gifts made in the dead of night, some of these traditions go against the very rules they are founded on. These temples celebrate the divine not by following the ordinary, but by reveling in chaos, fluidity, and cosmic uncertainty.

1. Koovagam Festival – Tamil Nadu
 

Men Turn God's Brides