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The two projects will not be in temple compound, so no interference from the temple committee. However, what if the commercial interests of the projects start to overrule Thaipusam celebrations in the future? Having a cultural heritage center near a religious place is fine, but building a recreation and tourism center needs careful planning so as to not blemish or insult the religious place. One would expect people going into religious places to be dress appropriately. As it is, even some of the Indian youths have terrible sense of dressing at Thaipusam. Future developments should not contribute to more breakdown of respect and responsibilities towards place of worship. Continue Reading »

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Well, its a well known fact that the boycott is a success. No one expected Batu Caves to be empty. There would be tourist, non-Hindus, non-Indian, foreign Indian workers etc who will still visit Batu Caves. However, the reduction of crowd is an unprecedented success. Figures being quoted are about 500,000 people only. The reduction in collection is nearly half (43%) this year (RM1.8 to RM1.04 million). Continue Reading »

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First two slideshows are photos of Thaipusam 2007, while the third slideshow is of Thaipusam 2007.

Thaipusam this year (taken between 10am and 2pm). There were less crowd before 10am. Continue Reading »

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