JOHOR BARU: State police chief Comm M. Kumar joined thousands of Hindu devotees here at the Sri Subramaniar Temple to participate in the Thaipusam celebration.
Located in Selangor, north of Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, the Batu Caves are one of the most frequented Hindu shrines outside India. The limestone caves are believed to be over 400 million years old. A 42.7-metre-high golden statue of the Hindu god of War, Lord Murugan, towers near the foot of the rainbow-coloured staircase.
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IPOH: Fifty years on, a tragedy that took 40 lives here still gets her teary-eyed and puzzled about a stranger who tried to warn her about the rockslide.