GEORGE TOWN: Skilled kavadi maker M. Mohan has, for the first time, introduced lightweight kavadi weighing just 15kg, specially designed for teenage devotees. He set aside his usual elaborate ...

Many carried kavadi adorned with peacock feathers and flowers, and some performed acts of self-mortification, including body piercings with metal skewers and hooks. Devotees, dressed in ...

SINGAPORE – Semiconductor engineer Saravanan Rajasuran, 30, pierced with several rods as part of his kavadi, braced himself on Feb 11 for his maiden Thaipusam walk under the blazing sun.

On Thaipusam this year, Suresh carried Gunaseelan, who weighs almost 70kg, as the brothers followed the four-kilometre kavadi procession to Sri Thendayuthapani Temple at River Valley.

KUALA LUMPUR: Only the 'paal koodam' procession of carrying milk pots, prayer activities and chariot processions will be allowed during the Thaipusam festival this time, with the kavadi-carrying ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 (Bernama) -- A special workshop on Kavadi carrying and dancing, called 'Kanthan Kavadi’, will be organised in collaboration with the Sri Rathakrishnan Fine Arts Dance Academy and ...