Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street portrait (outdoor head shot, seven-eighths view) of Vina, a young Malaysian Indian Hindu devotee with shaved head, covered with yellow sandalwood paste, during Thaipusam 2020 CE; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog)

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Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street double portrait (outdoor half-length double portrait, seven-eighths views) of a young Malaysian Indian Hindu devotee with shaved head, covered with yellow sandalwood paste, holding her little daughter in her arms, during Thaipusam 2020 CE; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Doing a Background Check (photo blog).

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Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street double portrait (outdoor half-length double portrait, seven-eighths views) of a young Malaysian Indian Hindu devotee with shaved head, covered with yellow sandalwood paste, holding her little daughter in her arms, during Thaipusam 2020 CE; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Doing a Background Check (photo blog).

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Thaipusam the occasion of lord Murugan "a Vel spear" so could vanquish the evil demon soorapadman . . . #canon #canon_official…

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Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Closeup street double portrait (outdoor head shot, full-face view) of a young Malaysian Chinese female devotee with forehead piercing and cheek piercing, with a male devotee with skewer through his cheeks in the background, during Thaipusam 2018 CE; Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Doubling Down on Doubles (photo blog).

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craigbennett.me posted a photo: Light streaming into the Temple Cave of Batu cave complex. Temple cave (or Cathedral Cave) has an ornate Hindu shrine within.

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samsulsaid posted a photo: A Hindu devotee prays before a pilgrimage to the sacred Batu Caves Temple during Thaipusam festival outside Kuala Lumpur February 3, 2015. Thousands of Hindus, who comprise over eight percent of the 29 million Malaysian population, participate in the annual Hindu thanksgiving festival in which devotees subject themselves to painful rituals in a demonstration of faith and penance held in honour of Lord Subramaniam.

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Thaipusam Festivals, Kuala Lumpur 2015