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Thaipusam vows and blessings
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2/11/2025
This year’s Thaipusam celebration saw thousands of Hindu devotees and tourists making their vows and experiencing the beauty of the festival at Batu Caves.
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The massive crowd did not deter thousands of Hindu devotees coming to Batu Caves to
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make their Taipusam vows. While many come here for the first time, others fulfil their
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religious devotion every year.
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I come here almost every year, since I was eight years old I guess. And mostly I have
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not any particular vows, it's just a belief that everything will go smooth as I'm doing
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it every year. So the experience today was a lot of people, unexpected, I came in at
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like 4.30 in the morning and I'm just leaving now. So it's quite a lot of people today,
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I have not expected this much of crowd. I think because of the arrangement, it's very
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well conducted, and the crowd is also more. You know everyone tries to get in as soon
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as possible, so nothing much.
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Last year, I vowed to bring her, once she's born, I vowed to bring her using the sugar
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cane with my husband, so today I fulfilled my vow with her. It was quite tiring, but
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the feeling is indescribable once I reach the top, yeah, with the crowd and all.
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This is my annual vow, every year I'll do it for my honour. I follow my grandfather,
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grand-grandfather, my father and myself.
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My hope, everything I surrender to him. We just surrender to him,
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banyakan sedekah, he will come back.
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Shaving of heads is one of the important rituals during Taipusam. Devotees do it as an act
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of self-purification, as well as humility, devotion and sacrifice to Lord Murugan.
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Barbers work day and night for seven days during the festival, shaving thousands of devotees' heads.
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Every time I come here, I shave my head. If it's just the head, it's RM20. If it's
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just the face, it's RM25.
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The Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Devastanam said around 1.8 million people had visited Batu
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Caves for the festival from February 1st until Taipusam day.
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