Thaipusam 2025 draws 30,000 visitors in total

Almost 16,000 devotees who registered to fulfil their vows to Lord Murugan, a major deity in the Tamil Hindu community, to whom the Thaipusam festival is dedicated. Devotees set off in batches from the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple in Serangoon Road and walked 3.2km to the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple in Tank Road from 11.30pm on Feb 10 to almost midnight on Feb 11. Mr N.J. Pravin, 23, a second-year sociology student from NTU, attended the major Hindu festival to play the thavil, a traditional percussion instrument, and cheer for his cousin, a seasoned kavadi bearer of 18 years.

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