KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 17): The Thaipusam celebration on Tuesday at the Sri Subramaniar temple in Batu Caves, Malaysia that used to draw hundreds and thousands of devotees annually, and thousands more tourists, will once again be a subdued affair. It is the second consecutive year the colourful and vibrant Thaipusam celebration atmosphere in Malaysia has been scaled down, much do the disappointment of the devotees and tourists.
SUNGAI SIPUT, Jan 18 The Hindu community should be grateful and thankful to the government for giving some flexibility to physically celebrating Thaipusam this year by complying with the standard operating procedure (SOP) set. MIC president Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran said that such a celebration.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 ― Hundreds of Hindu devotees marked Thaipusam at the Sri Subramaniar Temple in Batu Caves here this morning even as the threat of the Omicron Covid-19 variant loomed large. The sounds from the tavil (Indian drum) and nadaswaram (Indian trumpets) accompanied the devotees.