Illogical to ban kavadi but allow milk pot ritual, says Hindu group


A Hindu group says it is illogical for the government to allow the palkudam ritual but not kavadi for Thaipusam tomorrow as the processes for both are almost identical. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 17, 2022.

IT is illogical for the government to allow the palkudam (milk pot) ritual but not kavadi for Thaipusam tomorrow as the processes for both are almost identical, Pertubuhan Hindu Agamam Ani Malaysia said.

Its spokesman Arun Dorasamy said the last-minute banning of kavadi is unreasonable, as thousands of kavadi bearers have observed a very strict fasting ritual for 48 days and would have spent thousands of ringgits in preparing to carry out their vows.


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