Fire walk, Aadikumpara temple in Kannur district, Kerala. During Muharam celebrations, one can watch fire walk at Hopset near Guntakkal in Karnataka.
Fire walk is a ritual performed during festivals and other auspicious occasions in temples. Devotees after taking a bath would run over a specially prepared fire pit in the temple premises. While in some places the fire place would be in the ground level at several other places it would be a heap of amber.
Guinness World Records : Gary Shawkey (USA) walked 50.29 m over embers of cedar wood, with an average temperature of 982.22 ºC at the Central Florida Fair in Orlando, Florida, USA, on 4 March 2000.
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