Spike in prices of prayer items a shock to the Hindu community, say CAP and PHA

GEORGE TOWN: The increasing price of Hindu prayer items has not gone well among devotees especially from the B40 community, with the Penang Hindu Association (PHA) and Consumer Association of Penang (CAP) saying that the price of items had spiked up to 56%.

The associations said the increase was hurting the poor more than the rich.