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Thaipusam Festival

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Thaipusam Festival
Thaipusam Festival
Thaipusam Festival
Thaipusam Festival
Thaipusam Festival
Thaipusam Festival
Thaipusam Festival
Thaipusam Festival
Thaipusam Festival
Thaipusam Festival
Thaipusam Festival
Thaipusam Festival
Thaipusam Festival
Thaipusam Festival
Thaipusam Festival
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397 Serangoon Road | Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Singapore 218123, Singapore

Thaipusam or Thaipoosam is a festival celebrated by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai . It is mainly observed in countries where there is a significant presence of Tamil community such as India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mauritius Singapore, South Africa, Canada and other places where ethnic Hindu Tamils reside as a part of the local Indian diaspora population such as Réunion, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica and the other parts of the Caribbean. It is a national holiday in many countries like Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Fiji. In Singapore, it was a national holiday once but it was removed from Singapore holidays. Note: In Fiji, Thaipusam is not officially declared as a national holiday, while in certain states of Malaysia and in the nations of Sri Lanka and Mauritius it is a government and a bank holiday. The word Thaipusam is a combination of the name of the month, Thai, and the name of a star, Pusam. This particular star is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a Vel spear so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. It is commonly believed that Thaipusam marks Murugan's birthday; Some other sources suggest that Vaikhasi Vishakam, which falls in the Vaikhasi month , is Murugan's birthday.
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