The festival of Thaipusam was brought to Malaysia in the 1800s, when Indian immigrants started to work on the Malaysian rubber estates and the government offices. The festival is celebrated mostly by the Tamil community, …

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::: The Travel Photographer :::: Andrea Orioli | <b>Thaipusam</b>

The Hindu festival of Thaipusam is about faith, endurance, mortification and penance. In Malaysia, it’s an intensely devotional event which can stretch for 3 or 4 days, and is attended by about a million and a half people each year. It’s a time for …

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Luj Moarf: <b>Thaipusam</b> | Random Photographers

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

In Singapore though, the preparations for Thaipusam begin early in the morning at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple in Little India where the devotees start to perform the necessary rituals.

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::: The Travel Photographer :::: Chris McGrath | Thaipusam

Thaipusam is the biggest annual Hindu festival in Malaysia, celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai. Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival

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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

Lonely Planet Images by photographer Richard I'Anson – Detail of Pierced Body of Hindu Devotee at Thaipusam Festival, Singapore.

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The Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia are on of the most important – and fascinating – Hindu shrines in the region. This photostory…

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Secrets of the Batu Caves, Malaysia – A Photo Story