vel piercing

Today I happened to visit murugan temple. Moreover today is vaikasi visagam. I am an atheist and i do believe in some superstitious beliefs. 

While going by bike, I noticed people going to temple by walk with bare foot. and the thing that surprised me was many had their tongue pierced with vel(lance) which is considered to be murugan's weapon. Even children had themselves pierced. There is nothing wrong in worshiping god. But torturing oneself in the name of god is really cruel. Each one has a different opinion of the existence of god. I believe that there is some superpower which is guiding us and that is GOD. God is our first parent, every parent would wish their child to be good. The similar way is god. To make our wishes come true, we need not do such things(vel piercing).

Instead we can serve poor people by feeding them. They are the incarnation of god....

As youths, we should alarm the people, so that they stop doing these things in the name of god.