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GEORGE TOWN, Jan 24 This year’s Thaipusam celebration in Penang has seen a sea of Hindu devotees and foreign tourists all along Lebuh Queen to a temple in Jalan Kebun Bunga,.
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.
GEORGE TOWN: A total of one million Hindu devotees are expected to throng Penang from Jan 24 to 26 to celebrate the Thaipusam festival. Penang Hindu E.
GEORGE TOWN: After six years of acrimony, this year’s Thaipusam festival in Penang on Jan 25 was supposed to be a unified one, with both the golden and silver chariot travelling together in a single procession. But it may not happen after all.