Volunteers liven up Thaipusam at Batu Caves


(From second left, front row) Veera and Manoharan giving out free mooru along with other volunteers.

In the spirit of Thaipusam, volunteers were spotted giving out free food and drinks and singing devotional songs (bhajan) at the Batu Caves temple grounds in Gombak, Selangor.

Volunteer Veera Ramanathan, 91, who is Indian Printers Association president, said he had served more than 15,000 cups of free spiced mooru to devotees and visitors going to the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple.

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