A man possessed by the mountain spirits! Villagers and believers in a trance (maata aaya) during the Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra in 2000, near Nauti village, Uttarakhand, India.
The older man clings on to his son, feeling drained and exhausted from the experience.
Viewer Alok Nautiyal tells us that "Nauti village is also known as the village of Sati Mata, the Nanda 'Devi'."
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