Here's an interesting and compelling photo essay on Thaipusam , the Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community during January or February. It's mainly observed in countries where there is a significant presence …

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::: The Travel Photographer :::: Thaipusam | Yeo Kai Wen

Tourists outside the Batu Caves in Kuala, Lumpur, Malaysia, walk 272 steps up the stairway to the popular Hindu shrine which is dedicated to Lord Murugan, the…

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Stepping up to the Batu Caves « Hungeree

One of the foremost famous temples is that the Batu Caves , a Hindu temple for the war god located at intervals a cave that you'll be able to solely reached by 272 stairs.

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Thaipusam is to occur today 13 kilometres outside the Malaysian capital city, Kuala Lumpur in a sacred Hindu shrine called the Batu Caves…and if my network intelligence is accurate, a group of Asian photographers, such as …

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It's Thaipusam Time… – The Travel Photographer

SOME 300 operators of refreshment stalls for Thaipusam in Penang are upset with the Hindu Endowment Board (HEB) which they claimed has yet to meet and work out arrangements for the festival, reported Tamil Nesan. …

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Thaipusam stall operators miffed at board's inaction

Growing up I'd hear stories about how some men would stick spikes and tridents into themselves and hang metal hooks off the skin of their backs as they sang and.

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A postcard from Singapore IX – a Thaipusam story | Photographers …