The Tamil community in Singapore celebrated their annual Hindu festival of Thaipusam with pomp and fanfare on Sunday, after a two-year hiatus following the pandemic restrictions. This festival ...

Some walk over burning coals. “The word Thaipusam is a combination of the name of the month, Thai, and the name of a star, Pusam,” explains Singapore’s official Thaipusam website.

Singapore Armed Forces regular Mario Lim, 22, was on hand to help his family during the walk. Mr Mario Lim (centre) helping his father Michael adjust his kavadi along the Thaipusam procession ...

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Around 16,000 devotees fulfilled their vows to Lord Murugan during a Thaipusam festival celebrated in Singapore on Tuesday. Most of the participating devotees undertook to carry the ‘paalkudam ...

SINGAPORE — Touching on the differences between religious events — like Thaipusam — and cultural events, such as the recently-celebrated St Patrick’s Day, and Chingay, Law and Home Affairs ...

SINGAPORE, March 7 — Singapore’s Workers’ Party MP Jamus Lim has yesterday renewed calls for Thaipusam to be reinstated as a ...

SINGAPORE - Live music will be allowed for next year's Thaipusam street procession for the first time in more than four decades. The Hindu Endowments Board (HEB) and the police said on Wednesday ...