As One Of The Biggest And Most Important Festivals For The Community, The Celebration Is About Faith, Endurance And Penance.

Second famous thaipusam spot in malaysia with an expected crowd of more than 80,000 people and 10,000 tourists. There is a complete history associated with this celebration that is important to know before you plan to celebrate the festival. The temple at batu caves, near kuala lumpur, and a number of others often attract over one million devotees and tens of thousands of tourists.

The Festival Is To Commemorate The Acts Of Thanksgiving To Lord Subramaniam For Helping Them.

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Malaysia, had suggested that thaipusam, and in particular the disciplined austerities surrounding the kavadi ritual, might provide a general introduction to some of the traditions of south indian hinduism, in particular to the tamil deity murugan, and the principles of bhakti worship which permeated hinduism within malaysia. This usually falls in the middle of january or february and malaysians get a day or two of public holiday from the government to celebrate this festival.

Is Thaipusam A Public Holiday?

The tamils climb the 272 steps at batu caves before the piercings and kavadiare finally removed. It's celebrated in name of victory by hindu god lord murugan defeated 'asura' specially soorapadman. The sounds from the tavil (indian drum) and nadaswaram (indian trumpets) accompanied the devotees carrying their milk offerings up the colourful.

It Is To Show The Devotees Appreciation To Lord.

Many say malaysia’s thaipusam festival resembles a carnival with gold and silver chariots passing through the streets along with endless streams of devotees. But nowhere celebrates it as big as malaysia. A day before thaipusam called as ‘chetty pusam’ and numbers.

It Hasn’t Stuck To Me In Southeast Asia Either But I Can’t Resist A Colorful Festival Such As Malaysia’s Thaipusam Celebrations.

Pada 20 januari 2008, perdana menteri malaysia, datuk seri abdullah ahmad badawi telah mengumumkan wilayah persekutuan putrajaya dan wilayah persekutuan kuala lumpur akan bercuti umum sempena hari thaipusam. Newly renovated temple should be another attraction for this year and expected more crowed compare to last year. Thaipusam is a hindu festival that happens every january or february.