Mauritian Hindu Community Celebrated Kavadi in Italy

Source: ricerca.repubblica.it
Monady,May 31,2010

BARI, ITALY : The coast of Torre a Mare, a few kilometers from Bari, was transformed to look like Mauritius, or maybe, with a stretch of the imagination, like India. A ceremony was done in the temple dedicated to Murugan, the Murugan Kovil of Bari Torre a Mare, by the Tamil Mauritians of Pugliese, organized by the Govinda Association.

The ritual is called Sittirai Cavadee and is dedicated to the popular God Murugan, particularly revered in the south east of India. It began at 8:00AM with a procession departing from the temple on Valle Giglioli Partigiani street. Renganadun Mootoosamy, A Hindu priest from Mauritius, came to Bari to help with the ceremonies courtesy of the Union Tamoule de Maurice and Mauritius Tamil Temple Federation. There are over one thousand Mauritians in Bari. See photos of the ceremony here.