World News - KUALA LUMPUR - Thousands of discarded footwear have become a hindrance for this year’s post-Thaipusam cleaning crew. The honorary secretary of the Maha Mariamman Temple Dhevasthanam in Kuala Lumpur said the temple faced an unusual problem this year after visitors left. Read more at www.tnp.sg
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 ― Hundreds of Hindu devotees marked Thaipusam at the Sri Subramaniar Temple in Batu Caves here this morning even as the threat of the Omicron Covid-19 variant loomed large. The sounds from the tavil (Indian drum) and nadaswaram (Indian trumpets) accompanied the devotees.