Thaipusam Festival Photowalk

Thaipusam Festival Photowalk @ Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Batu Caves

68100 Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia

January 19, 2019 @ 18:00 (+08)

Thaipusam is a very important Hindu festival in Malaysia. This year in 2019, Thaipusam falls on Jan 21, 2019 (Mon). Batu Caves is the main location where devotees and and visitors come to for joining in the celebration and festivities, with the huge bazaar and the large group of devotees observing the event.

Local Guides in Malaysia will be meeting up in Batu Caves on Jan 19th (Saturday) at 6pm, to join in the celebrations, take lots of photos of the location and event, and also visit the very famous and popular Thaipusam bazaar, which will be selling all manner of goods such as sweets, snacks, clothing, souvenirs etc. It will be a great opportunity of attendees to experience the celebration as well as to witness a wealth of south Indian culture.

Details

Meet up agenda: Photowalk and Foodcrawl

Date: 19th Jan (Saturday)

Time: 6.00pm to after 8.00pm

Location: Batu Caves (https://goo.gl/maps/P7mUv6cT2cp)

Costs: minimal, self paid

How to get there: Drive, Rideshare, or KTM komuter to Batu Caves station (it will be extremely crowded)

Other notes:

Bring a small bottle of water, it will be hot and hectic

Dress respectfully as it’s a religious festival, wear light and airy clothing, will be very warm.

Wear comfortable walking shoes

RSVP here

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Hi @StephenAbraham ,

Thanks for taking your time to organise this meet-up. I expect to see great photos afterwards. Please don’t forget to share a recap and have fun!

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that was amazing idea… congras!!! meet up! sounds good!

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I will be waiting in front of the small office building at the foot of Batu Caves at 6pm (ref photo). In blue jeans and a grey t shirt. Post a message here if you cannot find me. If you still cannot fine me, please take.your own time to visit the place. We will sync up photos later.

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Read our recap here

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Thaipusam-festival-at-Batu-Caves-Malaysia-January-2019/m-p/1250430

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Thank you @StephenAbraham for arranging this fantastic Festival Photowalk. I also saw you recap, which i found fascinating, specially your colourful photos.

Hey danillo leite😀

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lets come to toggher dan?

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Show danillo muito bem comentado!

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olá danillo gostei muito da minha página :slight_smile: [Redacted]

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assim que eu gosto de ver hein [redacted]

Olá @draadrianebramante e @vitoriaprudabctudo ,

Eu gostaria de lhe informá-las que editei um pouco o post de vocês. Eu aconselho se for possível a evitar a divulgação de sites pessoais ou matérias do tipo principalmente quando não há nenhuma relação com o tópico do post. =)

obrigado pela compreenção e a indicação mago seo brasil