A CHILD IS GIVEN A SHOWER AFTER A TONSURE, AS PART OF AN OBLIGATORY OFFERING OF HAIR TO LORD SUBRAMANIAM DURING THE THAIPUSAM FESTIVAL ...
PRIME MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW AND MRS LEE WITH HINDU OFFICIALS DURING THE THAIPUSAM FESTIVAL ...
GRIMACING UNDER THE PINS-AND-NEEDLES PREPARATION WAS KAVADI-BEARER M VELAN WHO JOINED SCORES OF OTHERS IN THE ANNUAL PROCESSION TO MARK THAIPUSAM. THE FESTIVAL TO COMMEMORATE ...
THIS IS HOW SCHOOLGIRL JASPER KAUR, 14, KEPT A VOW AND SAID THANK YOU TO LORD SUBRAMANIAM FOR CURING HER ILLNESS. AND BECAUSE OF HER FAITH, THE TWO LONG NEEDLES WHICH PIERCED HER TONGUE AND THE SMALLER ONES ON HER FOREHEAD DID NOT CAUSE HER ANY PAIN. ...
SEVERAL INFANT DEVOTEES HAD THEIR HAIR SHAVEN DURING THE THAIPUSAM FESTIVAL AT CHETTIARS' TEMPLE IN TANK ROAD. IT IS A PRACTICE AMONG THE HINDUS TO SHAVE THEIR HAIR AS AN OFFERING TO THANK LORD SUBRAMANIAM. THAIPUSAM IS A TIME FOR HINDUS TO SEEK FORGIVENESS, FULFIL VOWS OR OFFER THANKS TO LORD MURUGAN, WHO IS BELIEVED TO REPRESENT VIRTUE, YOUTH AND POWER ...