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Thaipusam

A Tamil festival for Murugan: devotees carry decorated kavadi and milk pots in processions, most famously at Batu Caves.

Thaipusam: Thaipusam Festival in Ipoh , Perak, Malaysia.
Photo: hams Nocete, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

When is Thaipusam in 2027?

Thaipusam 2027 is on Friday, 22 January 2027. Other years: 2028, Thursday, 10 February 2028.

About Thaipusam

Thaipusam is celebrated in the Tamil month of Thai under the Pusam star, in honour of Murugan, the god of war and wisdom, who received a spear from his mother Parvati. Devotees prepare for weeks with prayers, vegetarian food and abstinence. On the day they carry offerings, usually pots of milk, or kavadi, ornate frames of peacock feathers, sometimes held in place with skewers, in processions to the temple. Over a million people attend at the Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur, where devotees climb 272 steps to the hilltop shrine. The festival is also an important day for Tamil communities in Singapore, Penang, Mauritius and Sri Lanka.

Thaipusam dates: 2027, 2028

YearThaipusam date
2027Friday, 22 January 2027
2028Thursday, 10 February 2028

What is eaten

  • panchamirtham
  • milk
  • vegetarian meals

Also part of it, and being written: Batu Caves (The limestone cave temple of the Kuala Lumpur celebration.), Kavadi (The burden carried as an offering to Murugan.), Murugan (The god honoured on Thaipusam.).

More marked on Thaipusam

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About this page

Written by the EveryParampara desk with AI assistance. Background: "Thaipusam" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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