Why is thaipusam prohibited in India?

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   Thaipusam is a Tamil Hindu carnival that is ostracised in India, but still performed in Singapore and Malaysia.  Supposedly, the sources of Thaipusam concern to a myth in which the goddess Parvathi provided a lance to her child Murugan, who then vanquished three demons, thereby evolving the destroyer of all evil.
   
   During Thaipusam, devotees give thanks or penance to Murugan by producing offerings of milk or honey.  However, they may furthermore pierce their cheeks or tongues with steel skewers some feet in extent, which are said to comprise Muruga’s lance. Still other ones accept a kavadi, a timber or steel shrine that is adhered to the body with snares, chains, and needles.
   
   This festival banned in India because Devotees, many of whom will torture their self by these ways. The impact of this type of celebration is harmful for the nation and still now banned in India. Thaipusam a carnival is celebrtaed very grandly in nations like Mauritious, Malaysia, Singapore, Sychelles, Fiji, South Africa, Guanya, Trididad and Tobago. Yet it is still so call ostracised in India though well commemorated in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
   
   One day before the start of the carnival correct a parade groups out from Sri Mahamariaman temple in KL's Chinatown. An likeness of Lord Muruga, furthermore renowned as Subramaniam, is adorned with colourful pebbles and jewellery and put on a shiny chariot. Several 1000 persons escort Muruga on his slow excursion to the Batu Caves, with more observing or connecting along the route.

   
   

    

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