Batu Caves
05·02·2004 | Permalink | Comments

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photographer
Vincent Thian
 
 
 
loc.
Kuala Lumpur, WP
tags
batu-caves, festival, holiday, temple, thaipusam

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Near the foothills of the temple, a penitent, right foreground, carries a 50-pound “kavadi” coming down from the 272 steps at the top of the Hindu temple Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004. The kavadi, a metal frame cocooning the penitent’s body, is attached with hundreds of thin hooks and steel shafts. The festival known as Thaipusam was brought to Malaysia in the 19th century by Indian immigrants who came to work on rubber estates and in gov. offices.

 

  1. Hi
    This is one beautiful picture which is so colourful and picturesque
    That I feel the same way when i felt looking at the Batu Caves
    Thanks and Regards
    Karthik.R
    — karthik    1. December 2005, 22:31    #

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