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A devotee with body piercing carries a kavadi (burden) during the Thaipusam festival in Singapore.

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February 8, 2017 - Georgetown, Penang Island, Malaysia: Hindu devotees during the colourful annual procession of Thaipusam in Georgetown, Penang Island, Malaysia. Thaipusam sees Hindu devotees in Malaysia seeking blessings, fulfilling vows and offering thanks. Thaipusam is a celebration in honour of the Hindu deity Lord Murugan, who represents virtue, youth and power, and is the destroyer of evil. Worshippers at the extreme Hindu celebration pierce their cheeks with spears or put hooks in their skin to show their devotion.

Hindu devotee with multiple kavadis on his procession of Thaipusam (Singapore, 2023). A close-up photo of how the kavadi is attached to the body.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. January 2019. A man during the prayer in the temples inside Batu Caves

$a back of the male hindu indian prayer pierced and pulling the statue of god with hooks on his back heading toward batu cave temple during thaipusam\nThaipusam is a colourful annual celebration in honour of the Hindu god Subramanian, with festivities mainly taking place in Batu Caves – a limestone hill with a series of caverns and temples about 13km north of KL. It is a famous festival largely because of the practice of devotees who impale their bodies with long metal skewers during the event. Celebrated by the city’s Indian community, Thaipusam is one of the best times to visit Batu Caves. 272 stairs lead to the top and just inside the front door, piles of stone slabs have fashioned out a sort of Norman arch that frames a giant, granite-carved statue of Lord Subramanian.$

A hindu devotee making the painful pilgrimage to Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur. Focus is on the rope.

Malaysian Hindu devotees walk with their body pierced to the Batu Caves temple during the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur. Devotees subject themselves to painful rituals in a demonstration of faith and penance.

Palani,India - February 08,2017: An unidentified devotee with his cheek pierced and participates in the Thaipusam festival at the Murugan temple in Palani,Tamil Nadu, India

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A devotee with hooks attached to his back to pull a kavadi (burden) during the Thaipusam festival in Singapore.

Batu Caves, Malaysia - January 21 2019 : Close-up of men devotee carrying a cavadi and having a ritual in Thaipusam Festival.

August 3, 2020, Chengail, West Bengal, India- Sister tying rakhi on wrist of her brother.

Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia - February 05, 2023: Metal pots with offerings hooked on the back of a Hindu devotee at Thaipusam

Serangoon, Singapore - January 30, 2010: A Hindu devotee piercing hooks to body in Thaipusam the Hindu festival

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Penang, Malaysia - February 11, 2025: A Hindu devotee with piercings during the Thaipusam celebration, a Tamil Hindu festival celebrated Tamil Hindu festival celebrated on the first full moon day of the Tamil month of Tai which is coincides during mid January to mid February.

Close-up of Indian priest hands using yellow threads to hang a gold pendant thali during pooja in a South Indian Hindu wedding ceremony.

Metal scribing instrument for palm scrolls, Samudragiri Viharaya Buddhist temple, Mirissa, Sri Lanka. Samudragiri Viharaya, aka Veheragalla Samudragiri Viharaya, Buddhist temple renowned for its well-preserved murals from the Kandyan era, showing Jataka tales and Buddhist themes. Sri Lanka is the tropical Indian Ocean island formerly known as Ceylon, situated off the southeastern tip of India, renowned for its tea, rubber and precious stone production throughout the world.

Temple offerings of marigolds. Lighting a flame

Woman getting henna mehendi on her hand during experiential trip to India

A woman applying Henna Tattoo on hands in enter kit design

Close up of the middle part holding hands behind, wearing a batik shirt and black pants

A captivating close-up of a male dancer’s feet adorned with the traditional Chilambu, anklet, an essential element of Kerala’s classical and folk dance forms. The intricate metal anklet reflects cultural heritage, rhythm, and grace as the dancer prepares to perform.

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