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Hindu devotees bearing milk pot on their procession of Thaipusam (Singapore, 2023).

Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia - February 05, 2023: Metal pots with offerings hooked on the back of a Hindu devotee at Thaipusam

The temple priest performing a fire ritual in the Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple. The use of fire has many significances within an Indian temple. It can possibly be an element of purification, healing and transformation.

Penang, Malaysia - February 11, 2025: A Hindu devotee with piercings during the Thaipusam celebration, a Tamil Hindu festival celebrated Tamil Hindu festival celebrated on the first full moon day of the Tamil month of Tai which is coincides during mid January to mid February.

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$Singapore - February 5, 2023: Devotees participate in the colorful Thaipusam festival procession along the streets of Singapore. The annual Hindu celebration includes rituals such as carrying kavadis, body piercings, and acts of devotion, drawing thousands of participants and spectators.\n\nThaipusam is a significant Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Murugan, celebrated mainly by the Tamil community. It symbolizes devotion, penance, and gratitude, with devotees often performing acts of physical endurance and carrying offerings to seek blessings or fulfill vows.$

Sithirai Maha Puja Tradition An ethnic Tamil Hindu pierces his face with an iron bow during the Sithirai Mahapuja celebration in Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia, Sunday, April 30, 2023. In this procession they offer prayers to Lord Murugan as an expression of gratitude for the abundance of sustenance, prosperity and pray for humanity to be kept away from various disasters and dangers. This tradition was held again after being suspended for three years due to the co-19 pandemic.

Hindu devotee with multiple kavadis on his procession of Thaipusam (Singapore, 2023). A close-up photo of how the kavadi is attached to the body.

Close-up of Indian priest hands using yellow threads to hang a gold pendant thali during pooja in a South Indian Hindu wedding ceremony.

A devotee with body piercing carries a kavadi (burden) during the Thaipusam festival in Singapore.

Multi colored Indian flowers from Little India - Singapore.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - January 17, 2014: Pierced devotee carrying pot of milk, the simplest type of kavadi, offers to god. A local is holding the devotee from falling while other locals are celebrating the festival along the way.

Singapore. 26 October 2024. Worshippers in the Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple in Singapore

Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia - February 05, 2023: Woman and first aid team caring for pierced Hindu devotee at Thaipusam festival

$18 Jan 2022 Negeri Sembilan, MALAYSIA - Thaipusam is Hindu festival celebrated by Tamil community all over the world on 18 January 2022 to pay respect to Lord Murugan. \n\nMalaysia government has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) which not allowing kavadi (body piercing ceremony)and limit to 500 devotees for prayers at one time to prevent Covid-19 cluster. \n\nLocal Hindu devotees visits Sri Bala Thandayuthapani Temple in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan in a smaller scale and fulfilling Thaipusam celebration.$

Singapore, Singapore - February 7, 2012: A elderly man carries and is skewered by the ceremonial kavadi, a decorated metal frame, as part of a thanksgiving ritual at the annual Thaipusam festival.

Hand of Indian ladies holding a gold plate with burning betel leaves on it during the blessing process in a South Indian Hindu wedding ceremony.

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Nakhon Chai, Thailand - March 23, 2013: Unidentified participant Master Day Ceremony able Khong Khuen - spirit possession during the Wai Kroo festival at Wat Bang Pra monastery.

$Hindu rituals carry out prayers the Melasti Ceremony before balinese new year Nyepi - a Balinese \$

$18 Jan 2022 Negeri Sembilan, MALAYSIA - Thaipusam is Hindu festival celebrated by Tamil community all over the world on 18 January 2022 to pay respect to Lord Murugan. \n\nMalaysia government has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) which not allowing kavadi (body piercing ceremony)and limit to 500 devotees for prayers at one time to prevent Covid-19 cluster. \n\nLocal Hindu devotees visits Sri Bala Thandayuthapani Temple in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan - receiving holy water sprinkle for religious blessing, a smaller scale and fulfilling Thaipusam celebration.$

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India - November 2022: Ganga aarti, portrait of hindu male priest performing holy river ganges morning aarti at assi ghat in traditional dress with rituals.

South Indian Hindu wedding ceremony. Concept of marriage, partnership, commitment.

Kavadi Attam (Burden Dance) is the ceremony performed by devotees during the worship of Murugan, the Hindu God of War, on the occasion of the festival of Thaipusam. The simplest kavadi is an elaborate canopy supported by a wooden rod carried on the shoulders; some include a small spear through the tongue and/or cheeks, and piercings in the body to symbolize suffering and atonement. In Singapore, Hindu devotees start their 4-km procession at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple in the early morning, finishing at Sri Thendayuthapani Temple on Tank Road. (Jan 2011, Singapore)

$Couple going for a night bathing in the icy water of the the Ganges river during the holy festival of Kumbh Mehla in the city of Prayagraj.\nThe darkness of the night symbolises spiritual surrender and the holy dip is believed to cleanse one's sins marking a transformative moment in their pilgrimage.$

$An Indian bride dressed in a vibrant yellow saree, With delicate hands, she holds a small bowl filled with vibrant turmeric paste, a symbol of purity, auspiciousness, and blessings in Indian culture. The turmeric paste, known as \$

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