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The Hindu festival of Thaipusam commemorates the day when goddess Pavarthi gave her son Lord Muruga an invincible lance with which he destroyed evil demons ...

Hindus gathered in temples across Malaysia on Thursday to celebrate the annual Thaipusam festival, with many piercing their bodies with hooks and skewers to showcase devotion to the deity Lord Murugan ...

On the surface, the Hindu festival of Thaipusam might seem like any other thanksgiving or new year event. Celebrated during the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (January/February), which is ...

A sea of colour lit up Malaysia's landmark Batu Caves outside the capital Sunday, as hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered to celebrate Thaipusam, one of the religion's most revered ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (RNS) The Batu Caves temple complex, built at the heart of a great limestone cavern cut in a hill, is usually a quiet place where tourists and worshippers are outnumbered by the ...

(Reuters) Similar to Lent and the Vegetarian Festival in Thailand, Thaipusam represents a time of self-sacrifice and penance, as gratitude for boons fulfilled. KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE (Reuters) Men ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Acts of self-mutilation also testify to worshippers' faith and sacrificial devotion in the Thaipusam festival. Genevieve Tan Shu ...

More than one million Hindu devotees have flocked to a Malaysian cave temple to mark a colourful Hindu festival during which they pierce themselves with hooks and skewers Credit: AP The worshippers ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The Batu Caves temple complex, built at the heart of a great limestone cavern cut in a hill, is usually a quiet place where tourists and worshippers are outnumbered by the ...