village stories | Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community. The word Thaipusam is derived from the Tamil month name Thai and Pusam, which refers.

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A short train ride north from the city center, one departs from reality and enters a fairy tale world of towering, crepuscular limestone cave systems full of glowing Hindu shrines, amazed tourists, barefoot acolytes, and greedy …

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Head (South) East: KL: Batu Caves

Shortly after leaving the zoo we drove to Batu Caves , which is a large Hindu shrine with an adjoining temple. Such is the importance of this site, it also has its own light railway station

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Batu Caves . "Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." ~ Henry David Thoreau. Tweet · Pin It.

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Hi, Activists! On March 7th, 2012, PETA Asia staffers will be visiting Kuala Lumpur for an eye-catching public education event which will feature people painted as fish lying on nets to encourage people to go vegetarian. We need several activists to join our demonstration and be painted

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PETA Asia Pacific Activity – March 7th, 2012 in Kuala Lumpur

Today I stumbled upon Thaipusam , a festival observed by the Tamil Hindu community here in Singapore and elsewhere around the world. Thaipusam commemorates the victory of the Hindu god Murugan (the patron deity of …

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Zoro goes East: Thaipusam Festival

The Batu Caves , though, sounded good to us and off we zoomed, heading 13 kilometers outside KL to the village of Batu and the limestone cliffs and cave complex.

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