Hindus walking from Alor Setar temple to Penang


Spiritual path: The devotees heading to Sungai Petani from Alor Setar. They will continue from there to Penang. (Inset) Dr Ramasamy who started the annual pilgrimage.

ALOR SETAR: It will be a long walk to Thaipusam for a group of Hindu devotees as they brave the scorching heat to perform the paathayathirai (holy walk) to join the festivities in Penang.

They started the 130km walk at 6pm on Wednesday from the Siva Sri Dewi Karumariamman Devasthanam Temple here and headed for the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Queen Street in Penang.

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