Presentation on the Hindu festival of Thaipusam by Malaysian Hindu Dharma Mamandram (MHDM) Deputy President Radhakrishnan Alagamalai A.M.N. for Tourism Malaysia. The presentation gives an overview of the Thaipusam festival as it relates to spiritual significance as well as its practice in Malaysia today. Thaipusam is one of the biggest religious celebrations in Malaysia, drawing millions of devotees and tourists to the main centers of Thaipusam - Batu Caves, Penang, and Ipoh.
A man ought to live in this world like a lotus leaf, which grows in water but is never moistened by water; so a man ought to live in the world - his heart to God and his hands to work.