Kavadi carrying devotees dance to the music Photo: Teh Chin Liang Thaipusam is one of the grandest religious celebrations in Penang. It is a day when your senses revel in a riot of tastes ...

Few know that Penang has one of Asia’s most gruesome and exciting festivals, Thaipusam. Held during the Tamil month of Thai (January/February), this wild eight-kilometer procession from George ...

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.

Lord Murugan is the son of Lord Shiva. Narayanan said the wooden chariot was used for 35 years for the Thaipusam celebration in Penang before being changed to a silver chariot in 1894 which now ...

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 ...

GEORGE TOWN: Crowd control and public safety during the Thaipusam celebrations here are excellent, with no untoward incidents or crimes reported so far, says Comm Datuk Hamzah Ahmad. The state ...

Penangite Jeffrey Kang has been performing his Thaipusam vow since the age of 13 at the Balathandayuthapani Temple in Penang. This year, however, due to the ban on kavadi-carrying, he is unable to ...

Huge Thaipusam celebrations are also expected at Hindu temples in Penang, Perak, Kedah, and Johor.

The iconic dual-chariot procession, bearing the statue of Lord Murugan, during Thaipusam in Penang will most likely be cancelled next year due to Covid-19 to prevent mass gatherings. The ...

The Consumers Association of Penang and several other NGOs today advised Hindus fulfilling vows during Thaipusam to reduce the number of coconuts for the ritual-breaking and use the money saved to ...

Narayanan said the century-old chariot, which was built in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India and shipped to Penang in January 1894, is currently undergoing refurbishing and cleaning with the final touch of ...