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A history of religious tattoos from around the globe

A member of the Ramnami religious movement with tattoos of Hindu god Ram's name on his body looks on during an annual festival near the Mahanadi river in Jaijaipur of India's Chhattisgarh state. The tattoos were a message from the Dalits to the higher caste Hindus that the god they were being stopped from worshipping at a temple was for everyone, irrespective of caste and gender. 2024

Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images

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