Hindus gathered in temples across Malaysia on Thursday to celebrate the annual Thaipusam festival, with many piercing their bodies with hooks and skewers to showcase devotion to the deity Lord Murugan ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The Batu Caves temple complex, built at the heart of a great limestone cavern cut in a hill, is usually a quiet place where tourists and worshippers are outnumbered by the ...

Ethnic Indian Malaysians massed in Hindu temples across the country Sunday to celebrate the annual Thaipusam festival, months after the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions that had barred large crowds ...

Thaipusam is marked with particular zest in multicultural Malaysia, a Muslim-majority nation where ethnic Indians make up about seven percent of the 34 million population. Thaipusam is one of the most ...

The shouts of “Vetri Vel Muruganukku! Arohara!” fill the Nattukottai Chettiars’ Thandayuthapani Temple in Penang, a few days prior to Thaipusam celebrations. Celebrated on the full moon day in the ...

After a two-year wait brought about by Covid-19 lockdowns, Hindu devotees thronged the Sri Subramaniar temple at Batu Caves today to finally fulfil their Thaipusam vows. Devotees were not deterred by ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. On January 17 this year the Hindu Tamil populations of Malaysia, ...

Batu Caves (Malaysia) (AFP) – Hundreds of thousands of Hindus flocked to temples across Malaysia to celebrate the Thaipusam festival Tuesday, with many piercing their bodies with hooks and skewers in ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (RNS) The Batu Caves temple complex, built at the heart of a great limestone cavern cut in a hill, is usually a quiet place where tourists and worshippers are outnumbered by the ...