SINGAPORE, March 7 — Singapore’s Workers’ Party MP Jamus Lim has yesterday renewed calls for Thaipusam to be reinstated as a ...

A round 16,000 devotees fulfilled their vows to Lord Murugan during a Thaipusam festival celebrated in Singapore on Tuesday. Most of the participating devotees undertook to carry the ‘paalkudam ...

“In Singapore, the widespread use of Tamil, Mandarin and Malay mirrors India's rich linguistic diversity, while festivals like Deepavali and Thaipusam are observed with the same enthusiasm in ...

Along with other holidays like Easter Monday and Mawlid (Prophet Muhammad’s birthday), Thaipusam was sacrificed for the sake of Singapore's competitiveness. Lim argues that with Singapore’s economic ...

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While Singapore does not officially commemorate St. Patrick’s Day – it refuses even to proclaim Thaipusam, a festival widely celebrated by local Indians, as a national holiday – many venues are ...