A quiet but joyful Thaipusam at 104-year-old temple


On guard: Police officers monitoring the Arulmigu Thendayuthapani temple in Johor Baru. — THOMAS YONG/The Star

JOHOR BARU: The roads along a century-old Hindu temple here are empty on Thaipusam day this year as devotees adhere to the movement control order.

For the first time in its 104-year-old history, the Arulmigu Thendayuthapani temple, like other temples here, had to call off its Thaipusam procession.

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