Well, as I was updating my blog on the Thaipusam celebration in Kuala Selangor, My friend Segaran uploaded his bunch of photos that he took during his trip to Batu Caves. This location is one of the best location to celebrate Thaipusam. I’m in the means of getting approval to upload his photos here :). Give me a minute.

In the meantime, he uses a Sony Alpha System A300 DSLR, Lens used SAL50F1.4 and Tamron 17-50/2.8 camera to capture his photographs. The color it captures is very vivid.

Ok, Mr Segaran allowed me to publish his photos of the Batu Caves event. All copyrights to this photographs are to himself. Do also visit his website for the full individual shot details http://www.fixthebrains.com/thaipusam.

I also found out that Batu Caves Received a certificate from Repley’s Believe It Or Not! for the “World Tallest Lord Murugan Statue“. Enjoy the photos.

Thaipusam is a event that is cepebrated by Indians throughout the world. Last year, I was the only person to be entitled for leave during this event. This year somehow the government has also allowed Kuala Lumpur to be one of the states to be entitled for this leave.

It’s been ages since I’ve gone for a Thaipusam event at a temple. The last I remember I was at Batu Caves. I don’t really enjoy being in crowded places and the “Kawadi” that they carry can be scary at times.

This year, I had to go to Sitiawan to visit an aunt who is suffering from cancer. During the journey, we passed Kuala Selangor and this is one of the locations where they celebrate Thaipusam. Below are some of the photos that I managed to capture during that journey.

According to Wikipedia:

Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). It is also referred to as Thaipooyam or Thaippooyam in the Malayalam language. The word Thai-pusam is derived from the month name Thai and Pusam, which refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of Murugan (also Subramaniam), the youngest son of god Shiva and his wife Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (spear) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman.