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Not Geo Travels: Travel Photos: Batu Caves of Malaysia

Thaipusam is perhaps best known for the procession of Hindu devotees who, on the day of the festival, carry a burden called a Kavadi.

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Thaipusam:body piercing to show devotion – Dim Sum Diary

The Batu Caves are just outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They serve as a sort of Hindu holy site. This is what they look like from the outside: The caves are at the top of the staircase next to the gold woman

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Photo of the Day: Batu Caves, Malaysia | The Tree of Mamre

Deepavali 2011 . Our day started with a visit to the Sri Kandaswamy Kovil at Scott Road, Brickfields. A brighter, more colourful look greeted us as last year the temple was undergoing upgrading

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Keats The Sunshine Girl: Deepavali 2011

In fact these bodily piercings are done voluntarily by participants in the annual Indian Thaipusam Festival. Banned in many places, the edgy Thaipusam parade still throngs the streets of Penang, Malaysia

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Lash World Tour: WILD THAIPUSAM FESTIVAL IN PENANG …

Sky Hotel Selayang is a modern boutique hotel that is located within a shopping complex and enjoys close proximity to the famous Batu Caves. Major highways nearby provides an easy access to Kuala Lumpur city centre, Petaling Jaya and …

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Sky Hotel <b>Selayang</b> | Hotel hot deals from across Asia, Thailand <b>…</b>

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 …