Devotees mark deities’ birthday with week-long festivities

Devotees accompanying the float carrying the Hor Kai Kong deity statue. (Below) The arrival of the statue at the temple.

DEVOTEES made a beeline for the Hor Kai Kong Temple in Penang to offer prayers during the resident deity’s week-long birthday festivities.

This year’s celebration was grander than usual as it also marked 120 years since the house of worship located in Cantonment Road, Pulau Tikus, was set up way back in 1896.