In Singapore, Finding Peace Among the Pain of Thaipusam

8 February 2012, 11:30 pm

Three nights ago, N. Ramanathan, a middle-aged government worker, was one of the hundreds who stood outside Singapore's Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple at midnight. It was the eve of the grueling Hindu festival known as Thaipusam and he was there to support a friend undergoing the ritual of kavadi-bearing -- an agonizing rite that requires devotees to pierce their tongues, torsos, and lips with ...... Read More »

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