The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

Describe the Kali religious festival from Chapter 16.

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The Hindu festival in honor of the goddess Kali was described as a rather violent, graphic celebration by Theroux. The statue of the goddess featured severed human heads and various humans being killed in violent manners. Theroux saw the festival as primarily offering a "chamber of horrors."