Thaipusam: Silver chariot journey will not involve public
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 25): For the first time, the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple, Batu Caves’ silver chariot will make its journey with a limited participation of 10 people, without involving the public in conjunction with Thaipusam this year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The chariot processions, which started in 1983, were normally accompanied by 10,000 Hindu devotees and took about 16 hours but this time its journey would be faster and expected to end in about three hours, without making a stop at any location. The temple’s committee chairman, Tan Sri R. Nadarajah said the 10 people who wou...