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Title: Festival to test human endeavour
--------------------------------------------------Staff Reporter
Human endurance and perseverance will be tested at a religious ceremony schedule
d to be held in Auckland later this month.
Trustees, devotees and volunteers of the New Zealand Hindu Temple Society will o
bserve Thaipoosam Kavadi Thiruvizha' at the Temple Complex now under construction a
t 69 Tidal Road, Mangere on Saturday January 30, 2015 at 10 am. The Society's cu
rrent Temple is at 41 Stanhope Road, Mt Wellington.
The actual festival is on February 3, 2015, to pay tributes to Lord Murugan, als
o known as the God of the Tamils.'
Society Trustee and President Ilango Krishnamoorthy, who has been working hard w
ith other members of the Society for the past three years pooling human, materia
l and financial resources to complete the Temple Project, said that the forthcom
ing Festival has religious as well as mental and physical connotations.
Varied connotations
Hindus believe it was on this day Lord Shiva's consort Parvathi handed over the sac
red Spear (Vel) to vanquish the Asura king Soorapathman and his two brothers, op
pressing the Devas and ill-treating them. It is also said that Lord Shiva perfor
med with Parvathi, Thandavam,' the Dance of Destruction at the Golden Hall in Tamil
nadu's Chidambaram town on this day, earning him the name of Thandaveswarar.
According to his Facebook posting, Mr Krishnamoorthy was in Chidambaram last mon
th as a part of his pilgrimage in South India.
Self-Purification
Apart from prayers, the Festival is marked by penance and self-purification, wit
h devotees observing fast and abstaining from alcohol, non-vegetarian food and s
ex. They believe such self-denial, renunciation and meditation would lead them t
owards Nirvana or eternal liberation.
Kavadi' forms a colourful and exacting aspect of Thaipoosam, undertaken in fulfillm
ent of vows. It comprises a horizontal pole displaying overarching decorations o
f peacock feathers put together in a semicircular design. Pots of milk, coconut
water, honey and other offerings by devotees are hung on both ends of the pole,
carried across their shoulders. They dance in ecstasy before the deity of Muruga
n in procession.
Further details can be obtained from Ilango Krishnamoorthy on 021-739879; Bobby
Naidu on 027-2799154; Charanya Mohanakrishnan on 021-2530397; Subbiah Mahalingam
on 021-2050347; Rajaguru Rajamanickam on 027-2721651 or Rajkumar Velu on 022-18
73807.
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