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Lower Thaipusam turnout leads to wasted food
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23:
For the first time in 40 years, the Divine Life Society (DLS) has actually been forced to throw away the free food it gives out during the Thaipusam celebrations at Batu Caves. The DLS ashram, located next to the Batu Caves temple, prepared food for 20,000 people but the lower-than-expected turnout meant some of the food would have been wasted.
DLS Malaysia branch president Swami Guhabhaktananda said the ashram prepared only 1,800kg of vegetables from its usual allocation of 4,500kg.
“It left us with a large balance of unused vegetables which we then distributed so that it would not go to waste,” he said.
Guhabhaktananda said he estimated that there was a 25 per cent drop in the number of people who attended this year’s celebrations.
The lacklustre crowds, however, did not dampen the spirit of goodwill among the DLS volunteers as they bustled between tables serving ladles of freshly cooked vegetarian fare. More than 100 volunteers pledged their time over the two-day celebration to help coordinate the feeding of devotees.
Hi,
My humble opinion on the above issue is as follows:-
Sharp drop in the number of devotees or visistors to Batu Caves regardless KL and Putrajaya enjoyed the public holiday thisyear contrary to all the previous years where it was a working day seems to speak volumes! Samy Velu may want to have a reality check on his “service to the society all this years reining as the sole leader of MIC” and stop making speaches like “only God knows what the government and MIC have done to the society”.
I am agreeable with him on the point…Yes the Almighty is more than well aware of what the government and he has been doing to the society and who have benefited from their doings and the time is due for him and many more like him to ripe the fruits of their labour from the Almighty Himself soon…the only thing is that the fruits of his labour may not be something he may have expected!”
Regards,
Sareena
And one man on the PA was so bored that he became the background singer for all the prayer songs….or is he thinking GOD will help him by doing that? It is a good lesson that MIC and their man has to learn…..