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Not just about ‘kavadi’ and Batu Caves: What is Thaipusam and how did it become massive in Malaysia?
Thaipusam celebration eventually spread to other parts of the country, with the establishment of the Batu Caves temple in 1888 and the Kallumalai Temple in Ipoh, Perak in 1889. The Waterfall ...
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Malaysian barber has shaved heads for 18 years during Thaipusam at Batu Caves
For the past 18 years, barber and grocery store owner Saravanan Ayasamy, 44, has embraced a sacred duty – shaving heads for Thaipusam at the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple in Batu Caves ...
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Thaipusam: Free meals for 100,000 at Batu Caves
PETALING JAYA: Devotees and visitors will get free food at this year’s Thaipusam celebrations in Batu Caves, thanks to the Koperasi Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. The spiritual organisation has ...
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1,500 Police Personnel Deployed For Thaipusam Celebrations In Batu Caves - Hussein
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 (Bernama) -- The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) will deploy 1,500 personnel to be stationed around the Batu Caves area to maintain order during the Thaipusam celebrations, which will ...
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Malaysia's Hindus mark Thaipusam festival with fervour
Hundreds of thousands of Hindus flocked to temples across Malaysia to celebrate the Thaipusam festival Tuesday ... for more than a century, at the Batu Caves complex on the outskirts of the ...
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Era FM DJs apologise at Batu Caves in bid to cool tempers
Three Era FM announcers have apologised at the Batu Caves temple complex for their antics mocking the Thaipusam kavadi ritual. “From our side, Datuk, we truly… we are sorry,” said radio ...