Flavours of Thaipusam at Malaysia's Thandayuthapani Temple in Penang thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
GEORGE TOWN: The gold and silver chariots for Thaipusam have both departed one after the other for the long procession across the city, a journey that is expected to take an entire day to reach their destinations.
GEORGE TOWN: More than a century ago, when the Thaipusam festival first took root in Penang, wealthy businessman Gurusamy Chettiar decided he would help feed the hundreds who trekked from Little India in George Town to the Waterfall Hill temple to fulfil their vows.
The Ram temple that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate on January 22 is a magnificent structure. The three-storey 57,000sqft temple on 2.7 acres built in the nagara style stands at 161ft on 132 columns..