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Thaipusam Festival celebrated at Batu Caves - Malaysia

Hindu devotees celebrated Thaipusam festival in Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur as thousands of Hindus, who comprise over eight percent of the...

by jidin in Malaysia on 08/02/2012

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2012 Thaipusam Celebration at Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia

Hindu Devotees Celebrate the yearly celebration of Thaipusam at the Batu Caves temple, 20km from Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia. 7th February 2012.

by Syahrin Abdul Aziz in Malaysia on 07/02/2012

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Malaysian Hindus celebrate Thaipusam

Hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotee carries a kavadi and pal kodam (milk) in a pot during Thaipusam festival at Batu Caves temple near Kuala...

by Azhar A Rahim in Malaysia on 20/01/2011

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Annual Thaipusam festival celebrated - Kuala Lumpur
The Hindu festival of Thaipusam, which commemorates the day when Goddess Pavarthi gave her son Lord Muruga an invincible lance with which he destroyed evil demons, was celebrated by som...
Thaipusam Festival celebrated at Batu Caves - Malaysia
Hindu devotees celebrated Thaipusam festival in Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur as thousands of Hindus, who comprise over eight percent of the population, participated in the annual thanks...
Celebration of Thaipusam Festival in Kuala Lumpur
Thousands of Hindu devotees come to the Lord Murugan temple during the Thaipusam festival in Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2012 Thaipusam Celebration at Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia
Hindu Devotees Celebrate the yearly celebration of Thaipusam at the Batu Caves temple, 20km from Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia. 7th February 2012.
Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur
Thousands of people participated in the annual Hindu thanksgiving festival in which devotees subject themselves to painful rituals in a demonstration of faith and penance, held in the c...
Hindu festival of Thaipusam
Thousands of Malaysian Hindu devotees participated in the annual celebration of Thaipusam at the Batu Caves temple 30 km outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 7th February 2012
Thaipusam festival celebrated in Kuala Lumpur
Thousands of Hindus, who comprise over eight percent of Malaysia's 28 million total population, participated in the annual Hindu thanksgiving festival in the capital at the Batu Ca...
Thaipusam festival commences in Kuala Lumpur
Thousands of Hindu devotees prayed in front of the Lord Muruga's chariot during the annual Thaipusam festival in the capital. Malaysia. 6th February 2012
Diwali Celebration in Malaysia
Diwali, popularly known as the "festival of lights," is a festival celebrated between mid-October and mid-November, for Hindus, Diwali is one of the most important festivals o...
Malaysian Thaipusam Festival at Batu Caves
The annual Thaipusam festival was celebrated at Batu Caves. The colorful parade and dancing of Kavadi Attam attracted at least a million Hindus devotees and tourists to the ceremonial w...
Malaysian Hindu Devotees Celebrate Thaipusam
Thousands of Malaysian Hindu Devotees celebrate Thaipusam on 20th January 2010. In Malaysia, Batu Caves, near to Kuala Lumpur, is one of the places where Hindus devotees gathered to cel...
Kuala Lumpur Celebrates Thaipusum
The Hindu festival Thaipusam is celebrated in Malaysia as over one million people are drawn to the temple at Batu Caves. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 20/01/2011
Malaysian Hindus celebrate Thaipusam
Hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotee carries a kavadi and pal kodam (milk) in a pot during Thaipusam festival at Batu Caves temple near Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 20/01/2...
Malaysians Muslims protest against sport betting
100 Muslims protest against sport betting at Masjid Jamek Al Amaniah, Batu Caves. The Finance Ministry of Malaysia recently granted a license to Ascot Sports Sdn. Bhd. to run the sport ...
Thaipusam in Batu Caves
DMTX. Images of the celebrations of Thaipusam which is celebrated on the 10th month of the Hindu calendar, which falls in January or February each year. It is a day of penance and thank...
Thaipusam Festival
DMTX. Thaipusam Hindu festival, held in the Tamil month of Thai which celebrates the birth of Murugan,the youngest son of Shiva and his wife Parvati. The festival at Batu Caves, Kuala L...
Thaipusam, The Spiritual Festival
A Malaysian Hindu devotee takes part in a cleansing ritual before his pilgrimage to the sacred Batu Caves temple during Thaipusam in Kuala Lumpur January 30, 2010.
Thaipusam Celebration 2010 Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur
Throngs of devotees flocked to Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur to take part in this transcendental celebration.
The Silver Chariot
This is one of the biggest Hindu's celebration. In Malaysia one of the biggest Thaipusam celebration will take place in Batu Caves, Selangor. It will be celebrated in the month of ...
Thaipusam Festival at Batu Caves Malaysia
Thousands of Hindus, who comprise over eight percent of Malaysia’s 28 million population, took part in the annual Hindu thanksgiving festival held in honour of Lord Murugan.