Thaipusam at Batu Caves 2009

One of the most colorful religious festivals, the hinduist Thaipusam at the Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Thaipusam (Tamil: தைப்பூசம்) is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of Lord Murugan (also Subramaniam), the youngest son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman.

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• Batu
• Cave
• Hindu
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• kuala
• lumpur
• malaysia
• murugan
• tamil
• shiva
• parvati
• lord
• skanda
• kavadi
• temple
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[LotusLyn24]

Was waiting for a good video on Thaipusam and yours was what I wanted to post on my blog. An excellent take of the event. Thank you

[strphcjnb]

thanks lotuslyn and feel free to use it! next year I am hoping to witness thaipusam in penang.

[apple199991]

NICE!!!!.....if there anything more to post......PLEASE Kind HEARTLYYY POST

[strphcjnb]

Thanks apple! This year I filmed about 40 minutes, but after cutting it came down to these 6 minutes. Was too busy looking and forgot to film.

[strphcjnb]

I added another short video, but it has some more 'extreme' scenes. Check via my channel.

[nandhi108]

deep gratitude!

a fulfilling and grace filled thaipusam of jan 30 2010

aum

[vineshrj2424]

nice job......great video.....keep it up.....