{"id":27,"date":"2024-07-28T17:13:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T17:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/?p=27"},"modified":"2024-07-29T15:03:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T15:03:19","slug":"27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/27\/","title":{"rendered":"Thaipusam Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mP-G1C5-i9k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thaipusam is a Hindu festival which celebrates the moment Parvati blessed Murugan (the Hindu God of War) with a spear so he may slay the demon Soorapadman.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"medium-4 columns\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/27\/soorapadman\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Soorapadman.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Soorapadman\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Soorapadman.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Soorapadman.jpg?fit=620%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Soorapadman.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Soorapadman\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Soorapadman.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Soorapadman.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Soorapadman.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"medium-4 columns\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/27\/dreamstime_m_32464815\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_32464815.jpg?fit=2004%2C1496&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2004,1496\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(c) Epastor16 | Dreamstime.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dreamstime_m_32464815\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_32464815.jpg?fit=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_32464815.jpg?fit=620%2C463&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_32464815.jpg?resize=300%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"dreamstime_m_32464815\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_32464815.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_32464815.jpg?resize=768%2C573&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_32464815.jpg?resize=1024%2C764&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_32464815.jpg?w=2004&amp;ssl=1 2004w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_32464815.jpg?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_32464815.jpg?w=1860&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"medium-4 columns\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/27\/dreamstime_m_41728659\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_41728659.jpg?fit=2145%2C1398&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2145,1398\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(c) Kalcutta | Dreamstime.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dreamstime_m_41728659\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_41728659.jpg?fit=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_41728659.jpg?fit=620%2C404&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_41728659.jpg?resize=300%2C196&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"dreamstime_m_41728659\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_41728659.jpg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_41728659.jpg?resize=768%2C501&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_41728659.jpg?resize=1024%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_41728659.jpg?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_41728659.jpg?w=1860&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is observed is on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (January\/February) by mostly Tamil communities located throughout India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and other parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p>A main element of the Thaipusam festival is the idea of \u201cKavadi\u201d (or Burden). The Kavadi is a physical burden that when endured, allows a devotee to ask for help from Murugan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/27\/thaipusam-1341608_1920\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/thaipusam-1341608_1920.jpg?fit=1440%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"thaipusam-1341608_1920\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/thaipusam-1341608_1920.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/thaipusam-1341608_1920.jpg?fit=620%2C827&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\" wp-image-29 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/thaipusam-1341608_1920.jpg?resize=247%2C330&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"thaipusam-1341608_1920\" width=\"247\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/thaipusam-1341608_1920.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/thaipusam-1341608_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/thaipusam-1341608_1920.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/thaipusam-1341608_1920.jpg?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the festival, devotees who have chosen to become Kavadi-bearers often choose piercing as their \u201cKavadi\u201d (or Burden).\nTypically the Kavadi-bearers will request help from Murugan on behalf of another.\u00a0 Healing of a loved one is a common request, as is the restoration or balancing of spiritual debt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/27\/dreamstime_m_36895321\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_36895321.jpg?fit=2122%2C1412&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2122,1412\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(c) Mrbar | Dreamstime.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dreamstime_m_36895321\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_36895321.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_36895321.jpg?fit=620%2C412&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_36895321.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"dreamstime_m_36895321\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_36895321.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_36895321.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_36895321.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_36895321.jpg?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_36895321.jpg?w=1860&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Devotees fast for 48 hours, remain celibate, eat only pure Satvik food once a day, and think of God continuously before beginning the procession towards the temple.<\/p>\n<p>In Malaysia, the temple at Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpur often attracts over one million devotees and tens of thousands of tourists.<\/p>\n<h2>Want to travel to Malaysia and experience Thaipusam? \u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/search.php?whichtype=links&amp;TID=searchinc&amp;location=Malaysia%20Barat,%20%20Malaysia&amp;lat=4&amp;lng=102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thaipusam is a Hindu festival which celebrates the moment Parvati blessed Murugan (the Hindu God of War) with a spear so he may slay the demon Soorapadman. It is observed is on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (January\/February) by mostly Tamil communities located throughout India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and other parts of the world. A main element of the Thaipusam festival is the idea of \u201cKavadi\u201d (or Burden). The Kavadi is a physical burden that when endured, allows a devotee to ask for help from Murugan. During the festival, devotees who have chosen to become Kavadi-bearers often choose piercing as their \u201cKavadi\u201d (or Burden). Typically the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,2,4],"yst_prominent_words":[176,175,173,181,180,171,185,178,172,182,177,174,183,186,184,179],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-extreme-festivals","tag-festivals","tag-thaipusam"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dreamstime_m_36895321.jpg?fit=2122%2C1412&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s82leB-27","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27869,"href":"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions\/27869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touristinspiration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}