Thaipusam

Singapore Thaipusam

What: Thaipusam
When: 8 February, 1am - 10pm
Where: Little India (Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple to Sri Thandayuthapani Temple)
Website: www.visitsingapore.com, www.heb.govsg

Held in honour of the Hindu deity Subramaniam (Lord Murugan), Thaipusam is a day of prayer and thanksgiving for wishes granted and vows fulfilled.

Devotees typically make a 4.5-km pilgrimage on foot, carrying milk pots and .vooden or spiked kavadis, from the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on Serangoon Road to the Sri Thandayuthapani Temple on Tank Road, where they offer the milk they carried to Lord Murugan.