GEORGE TOWN, Feb 9 – More than hundred devotees carrying kavadis start their pilgrimage from the Lorong Kulit temple to the Waterfall temple, Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Kovil which located up on a hill, here in conjunction with Thaipusam today.
George Town OCPD Asst Comm Mior Faridalathrash Wahid was present to get a first-hand view of the traffic situation and monitor the departure of the chariots. The silver chariot was expected to reach Nattukotai Chettiar Temple at Jalan Kebun Bunga after midnight, with the golden chariot reaching the nearby Arulmigu Balathan-dayuthapani Temple around the same time. Tens of thousands of people in Penang are expected to turn up for Thaipusam today.
