Batu Caves Thaipusam 2018

If you re asking about the chariot procession it should begin on 29 12 10pm onwards.

Batu caves thaipusam 2018. Malaysia s hindus celebrate thaipusam at batu caves more than a million people attended the biggest festival in the world dedicated to the hindu god murugan. Each has variations in its tradition but its reason is to celebrate lord murugan the son of shiva upon his receipt of a magic spear to crush the demon soorapadam the ceremonies are carried out in a sort of penance for murugan mutilating the body in an act of self sacrifice and humility. Simply look for the bus with the paper signage stuck to its window that says batu caves or thaipusam they start out at the stand near the pasar seni lrt station behind sri mahamariammantemple and. It is observed as a day of thanksgiving and paying penance for.

Hi thaipusam falls on the 31st january. Batu caves is accessible via the batu caves ktm komuter but during thaipusam it also gets pretty busy. 30 1974 entire fight rounds 1. The chariot should reach batu caves on 30 12 est 1 2pm.

Thaipusam is a hindu festival celebrated across hindu communities of the world. A richly illustrated glimpse into the spiritual journey made by a million devotees each year to one of the world s. 1 feb 2018 kuala lumpur. As for the eclipse it starts from 7pm 11pm on the 31 12 2017.

If you have time apart from the giant golden lord muruga statue try to get a glimpse of the giant hanuman statue which is towards the komuter entrance it is quite a sight to behold. Published on jan 30 2018 thaipusam is the biggest festival for hindus after deepavali and usually falls in january or february. George foreman vs muhammad ali oct. Thaipusam in batu caves.

How to get there. For the 2018 thaipusam a golden chariot was added to the procession transporting the murti of lord vinayaga ganesha murugan s sibling who also has a temple at batu caves. There are bus services that can take you all the way up to batu caves during thaipusam. Thaipusam batu caves jack kavedi 2018 duration.

The chariot was built specially for the vinayaga chaturthi festival last year at a cost of rm5 million us 1 27 million. Vignes sinniah 14 343 views.