Monday 1 February 2010

Thaipusam festival

Thaipusam festival attracts 9,500 devotees this year

The annual Thaipusam festival drew some 9,500 devotees this year - about 400 more than last year. And they all fulfilled their vows to the Hindu deity Lord Muruga.

Devotees walked the four-kilometre stretch from the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple in Serangoon Road to the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple in Tank Road.

Organisers said more people took part this year because it was held over the weekend.

Most of the devotees carried pots filled with milk, called the paal kudam. Others shouldered kaavadis - tower-shaped spiked structures - as a form of thanksgiving or family tradition.

-News courtesy of Channel Newsasia-

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