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KUALA LUMPUR, January 25: For the first time, the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple, the silver chariot of the Batu Caves will make its tour with a limited participation of 10 people, without involving the public in conjunction with Thaipusam this year, due to the COVD-19 pandemic.
The chariot processions, which began in 1983, were normally accompanied by 10,000 Hindu devotees and took around 16 hours, but this time their journey would be faster and was expected to finish in about three hours without stopping anywhere.
Temple committee chair Tan Sri R. Nadarajah said the 10 people who would accompany the 7.3-meter-tall car would include the driver, electrical technician, light manager, a temple priest and five committee members. .
The silver chariot carrying statues of Lord Murugan and his two wives Dewi Valli and Devi Theivanai would travel from the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Jalan Tun HS Lee here at 2.30am on January 27 after a prayer ceremony.
” The car is expected to arrive at Batu Caves between 5.30 and 6 am, the same day. He will return to the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple at 2.30 am on January 29, ”he said today.
He stressed that the chariot would travel to the Batu Caves, which is known for the world’s largest Lord Murugan statue with a height of 42.7 meters, without any traditional musical accompaniment and stops anywhere as it did to over the years and would be strictly supervised by the police.
Yesterday, Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said that only the carriage ride with the statue of Lord Murugan to the Batu Caves was allowed and that it was different from the regular processions that were normally held during Thaipusam prior to this. .
Nadarajah promised that the standard operating procedures (SOPs) established by the National Security Council (MKN) and the Kuala Lumpur City Council (DBKL) would be adhered to during the carriage ride and on the day of the celebration.
He also urged Hindus not to participate in the procession and not to appear at the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple on Thaipusam day on January 28 in light of the national situation to face the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thaipusam is a festival celebrated by Hindus around the world in the month of ‘Thai’, that is, the 10th month in the Tamil calendar to commemorate the event in which Lord Murugan received a holy spear from his mother, Dewi Parvati, to eradicate the evil force, Soorapadman. and restore peace and prosperity to humanity. Called
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