Today is the Hindu festival of Thaipusam. The idea behind this festival is to pray to God, to show your devotion to him, receive his grace, and have bad traits destroyed. In Singapore, this is done by meeting at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple in the early morning, cleanse, pray, take upon burdens, and walk 5 kilometers to the Sri Layan Vinayagar temple. The burdens the devotees take upon themselves come in many forms: jugs of milk, piercings in their mouths, and large contraptions with many spears going into their bodies. Some walk on shoes of nails and there are lots of hooks with fruit, jugs of milk, and other heavy objects. I arrived at the first temple at around 9:00 in the morning. I was able to easily find the temple and get inside to watch the preparations being made. There was one time when I had to look away but for the most part there isn't any blood, just a lot of pain. For this post, I've put the photos in order of the journeys of a few of the
