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Getty Images Preparation for the Thaipusam procession on Feb. 7 in Singapore: Devotees pray and make vows, and when the prayers are answered they fulfill the vows by piercing parts of their body and then walking a four-kilometer route bearing a metallic frame called a 'kavadi.'
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Hindu devotees pierce their skin and carry 'kavadi' burdens through the streets during the annual Th. Egypt beat Ghana to retain Afcon title
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It is kavadi to your right, kavadi to your left, kavadi in front of you, kavadi behind you, kavadi above you and kavadi below you.
2008 January 28 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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Kavadi-bearers have to perform elaborate ceremonies at the time of assuming the kavadi and at the time of offering it to Lord Murugan.
2008 January 28 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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The most spectacular practice is the vel kavadi, essentially a portable altar up to two meters tall, decorated with peacock feathers and attached to the devotee through 108 vels pierced into the skin on the chest and back.
Thaipusam -Marvellous World of Dr Glenn Losack MD « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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Generally people take a vow to offer a kavadi to the Lord for purpose of tiding over or averting a great calamity.
Thaipusam -Marvellous World of Dr Glenn Losack MD « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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The worldly object is achieved: and the devotee offers the kavadi.
Thaipusam -Marvellous World of Dr Glenn Losack MD « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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Generally people take a vow to offer a kavadi to the Lord for purpose of tiding over or averting a great calamity.
2008 January 28 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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In Malaysia, although rare, scenes of people from different ethnic groups and faiths bearing “kavadi” can also be seen.
Thaipusam -Marvellous World of Dr Glenn Losack MD « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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It is kavadi to your right, kavadi to your left, kavadi in front of you, kavadi behind you, kavadi above you and kavadi below you.
Thaipusam -Marvellous World of Dr Glenn Losack MD « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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