Singapore: 16,000 Hindus at event for Thaipusam

A devotee with torso piercings. Pic/Instagram/Hengsweekeat

Around 16,000 devotees fulfilled their vows to Lord Murugan during a Thaipusam festival celebrated in Singapore on Tuesday. Most of the participating devotees undertook to carry the ‘paalkudam', or milk pot, while around 300 carried spike ‘kavadis', also known as alagu kavadis, which involves piercing of the torso, face and tongue.

They walked 3.2 km in batches from the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple in Serangoon Road in the Little India precinct to the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple in Tank Road in the central business district from 11.30 pm on February 10 to almost midnight on February 11.

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