A pilgrim/devotee at the annual Hindu Thaipusam festival in Palani in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu carries a heavy wooden frame on which other pilgrims have placed donations to the Palani Murugan Temple through the streets. This is called a kavadi to do penance and seek absolution for past sins.

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A pilgrim/devotee at the annual Hindu Thaipusam festival in Palani in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu carries a heavy wooden frame on which other pilgrims have placed donations to the Palani Murugan Temple through the streets. This is called a kavadi to do penance and seek absolution for past sins.

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