ujjal dey posted a photo: Thaipusam, an annual Hindu festival of great significance, is observed in Singapore, typically taking place in late January or early February. This celebration venerates Lord Murugan, the Hindu deity associated with war. Participants express their devotion by carrying kavadis, which are elaborately adorned wooden or metal frames, or by engaging in acts of penance such as piercing their bodies with skewers.

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guineapig33 posted a photo: At the Thaipusam festival 2023 celebrated by the Hindu community in Singapore, a devotee inside the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple tries to balance the heavy log of burden, while preparing to perform the Kavadi Aattam (Burden Dance), a ceremonial sacrifice and offering to Murugan, the Hindu God of War. The devotee will have to carry these heavy burdens while going on a procession and dance along a pilgrimage route from one temple to another.

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Balancing the heavy burdens for the Thaipusam pilgrimage

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