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Significance of Thaipusam

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Kavadi attam which means the burden dance is a religious folk dance dedicated to Lord Murugan

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Young Thaipusam devotee

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Kavadi bearer entering into a trance induced by incessant chanting and drumming

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In an extreme display of devotion and self sacrifice ardent devotees got their cheeks skewered to appease the Lord before marching to the temple

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Young Thaipusam pilgrim with an intense gaze

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Most pilgrims are dressed in orange, the favorite colour of Lord Murugan and the colour of renunciation

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Young Thaipusam pilgrim shaking her long hair in the water

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Ritual cleaning of the body during Thaipusam

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Shaivite worshippers at the temple