Come Feb 5, the sound of music will fill the 3.2 km stretch between Serangoon Road and Tank Road as Hindu devotees walk from Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple to Sri Thendayuthapani Temple in this year’s Thaipusam foot procession. The annual Hindu religious festival had a...
Mr Raja said that during the pandemic, the festival centred around Sri Thendayuthapani Temple, with devotees needing to book slots for the time they could enter the temple, thus preventing overcrowding.
Besides the number of devotees at the temple being regulated during the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic also curtailed other Thaipusam practice. The elderly, the young and those who were physically challenged were also encouraged to pray at home and join the live stream of the Thaipusam prayer session.
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