Gummatapura (AFP) – Dozens of devotees from the southern Indian village of Gummatapura battle it out with cow dung for the Gorehabba festival, a local celebration marking the conclusion of India’s festival of light, Diwali. The festival is unique to the village where locals believe their god — Beereshwara Swamy — was born in cow excrement. Some Hindus believe cows and everything they produce is sacred and purifying.
