In pictures : Thaipusam 2018
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THOUSANDS of Hindu devotees started their annual Thaipusam procession across the country yesterday.
This year’s procession will, for the first time, be cut short as Hindu temples will close before a lunar eclipse takes place tonight.
The annual Hindu festival, which falls on the full-moon day of the Tamil month of Thai, is celebrated in honour of Lord Subramaniam, also known as Lord Muruga, who represents virtue, youth and power, and is the destroyer of evil. - January 31, 2018.