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Thaipusam 2025: Know The Significance, Sacred Rituals, And More About This Festival

Thaipusam 2025 is a Hindu festival honoring Lord Murugan. Celebrated with devotion, it signifies faith, penance, and gratitude, marked by sacred rituals, kavadi offerings, and vibrant processions.

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Thousands gather at Malaysia’s most sacred Hindu cave for annual Thaipusam festival

Hundreds and thousands of Hindu devotees walked up Malaysia's most sacred Hindu cave on Tuesday at the annual Thaipusam festival. (AP video/Vincent Thian)

Daily Journal · 1d

Malaysia's Hindus mark Thaipusam festival with fervour

Hundreds of thousands of Hindus flocked to temples across Malaysia to celebrate the Thaipusam festival Tuesday, with many piercing their bodies with hooks and skewers in acts of devotion.

The Manila Times on MSN · 17h

Malaysia's Hindus pierce own bodies during festival

Hundreds of thousands of Hindus flocked to temples across Malaysia to celebrate the Thaipusam festival on Tuesday, with many piercing their bodies with hooks and skewers in acts of devotion. Thaipusam is marked with particular zest in multicultural Malaysia,

Africanews English on MSN · 21h

Hundreds of thousands of worshippers gather in Malaysia for Thaipusam festival

A Hindu devotee stands with her tongue pierced by a metal rod during the Thaipusam festival in Selangor, Malaysia, 11.02.2025

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Thaipusam 2025: Festival to honour Lord Murugan begins! Know its significance, history, other details

The festival to worship Lord Murugan has begun and people are celebrating the festival with huge joy and fervour.

Thaipusam 2025: Know the date, timings, history, significance, and celebrations

Widely celebrated by the Tamil community in Tamil Nadu India and across the world, especially in Sri Lanka, Singapore, ...

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Thaipusam Festival: A Spiritual Journey Through Devotion and Tradition in Singapore

Nearly 16,000 devotees participated in the Thaipusam festival in Singapore, performing rituals like carrying the 'paalkudam' or 'kavadis'. The event, significant for Tamil Hindus, faced logistical ...

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Almost 16,000 devotees take up milk pots and kavadis at Thaipusam 2025

The event saw 30k visitors, including paalkudam and kavadi bearers, their supporters and other worshippers. Read more at ...

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Indian family invite lion dancers to their home for Thaipusam -- with a special guest

Thaipusam is a festival celebrated by Hindus of Tamil descent in Singapore on the full moon day in the Tamil month of Thai, which falls between Jan 14 and Feb 14 every year. This year, the festival ...