Penang, Malaysia. 30th Jan, 2018. Thaipusam in Penang, 2018 Credit: MIchael Crawford-Hick/Alamy Live News
Thaipusam is a three day Hindu festival. It is celebrated during the full moon of the 10th month in the Hindu calendar. This is normally during the last week of January or the beginning of February. Thaipusam is a combination of the name of the month, Thai, and the name of a star, Pusam, which is at its highest point during the festival. It commemorates the occasion when Parvati (the Hindu goddess of fertility, love, devotion, divine strength and power) gave Murugan (the universal granter of wishes) a spear - the vel - so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. So at Thaipusam devotees pray to Murugan to receive his grace and favours and to make penance.
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