Vetrivel Kavadi Services on Instagram: "Fasting For Thaipusam Fasting involves strict spiritual and dietary discipline, primarily a vegetarian diet, abstaining from meat, alcohol, and smoking, often with one meal a day for 48, 21, or shorter periods leading up to the festival, culminating in a 24-hour fast on the eve, focusing on purification, prayer, celibacy, and simple living like sleeping on the floor. Common Fasting Practices Duration: Many devotees start their fast 48 days (a full mandala)

Historic Eucharistic Procession along the Mississippi River begins this Wednesday

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