GEORGE TOWN: Penang is set to observe the 239th Thaipusam event organised by the Thannermalai Shree Balathandayuthabani Devastanam (Hilltop Temple) on Feb 11, with devotees and tourists expected ...

GEORGE TOWN: One million visitors are expected to throng the Balathandayuthapani Hilltop Temple at Waterfall Road during Thaipusam on Tuesday, said its temple committee chairman. "We are bracing ...

Every year on Thaipusam, the street leading to the Penang Botanical Garden transforms ... along 513 steps to Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Temple, the largest Murugan temple outside of India.

Lively Thaipusam processions are also held here, with the temple being both the starting point and final stop. 5. Waterfall Temple (Penang) With a flight of stairs even longer than that of Batu ...

This year Thaipusam will be celebrated on January 31, so if you’re in Penang at this time ... and taken on a procession through town to a temple. It’s also believed that he answers prayers ...

Arohara!” fill the Nattukottai Chettiars’ Thandayuthapani Temple in Penang, a few days prior to Thaipusam celebrations. Celebrated on the full moon day in the Tamil month of Thai (January ...

The Penang Chettiars have refused to have their silver Thaipusam chariot run together with the hilltop Murugan Temple’s new golden chariot on the eve of Thaipusam Day, which falls on Feb 9.

in Jalan Kebun Bunga here for the Thaipusam celebration. They began arriving as early as 6.30 pm, and by 9 pm, the number of visitors had significantly increased, causing congestion along the ...

Thaipusam is an annual event where hundreds of thousands of Tamils all around the country visit the Murugan temples to pay their vows. In Malaysia, in the Batu Caves Murugan Temple and Penang ...

We refer to Malaysiakini report Boycotting Batu Caves for Thaipusam? We respect temple priest Kapar K Munian ... other places in the country in Penang, Ipoh, Melaka, Seremban, Temiang and ...