By on Mar 13, 2013 in Batu Caves | comments(0)
From Genting Highland's cable car station, there is a bus to Gombak which is the nearest stop to Batu Caves . We caught a RM10 cab to Batu Caves
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Too many stairs at Batu Caves | YQ Travelling
By on Mar 9, 2013 in Batu Caves, Thaipusam | comments(0)
Thaipusam 2013 – part 1.
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By on Mar 9, 2013 in Batu Caves, Thaipusam | comments(0)
தைப்பூசம்: This Hindu festival commemorates the occasion when Parvati gave Lord Murugan a Vel “spear” so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman.
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Thaipusam 2013 at Batu Caves Murugan Temple, Malaysia
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A young Indian performs a crazy dance act during thaipusam festival in Penang 2007.
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Thaipusam crazy dance
By on Mar 3, 2013 in Batu Caves, Thaipusam | comments(0)
Justine Shapiro arrives in Kuala Lumpur in time for the extraordinary Hindu festival of Thaipusam which takes place in January. It’s a chaotic affair as a million Hindu devotees undergo weeks of purification, then pierce themselves and carry heavy burdens as acts of penance all the way to the Batu caves outside the city, where they pay homage to the Lord Muruga.
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Thaipusam Festival, Kuala Lumpur
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Johnragai posted a photo: Portrait of a devotee carrying his offering up the Batu Caves stairs. ———– Thaipusam (Tamil: தைப்பூசம், Taippūcam ?) Thai Poosam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (January/February). It is not only observed in countries where the Tamil community constitutes a majority, but also in countries where Tamil communities are smaller, such as Malaysia[1] , Mauritius[2] Singapore, Thailand and Myanmar[3] The word Thaipusam is a combination of the name of the month, Thai, and the name of a star, Pusam
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Portrait of a devotee
By on Mar 1, 2013 in Batu Caves, Thaipusam | comments(0)
Thaipusam Festival fall on Jan 27th, 2013 is a celebration of the triumph of good, over evil. Each and every devotee who made the walk & carrying milk pots o…
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Singapore Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple Thaipusam Procession 2013
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Thaipusam at Batu Caves 2013 in Malaysia. This video was taken in the morning where devotees were on their way to the cave temple. You see various Kavadi’s b…
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