GEORGE TOWN: More than a century ago, when the Thaipusam festival first took root in Penang, wealthy businessman Gurusamy Chettiar decided he would help feed the hundreds who trekked from Little India in George Town to the Waterfall Hill temple to fulfil their vows.
He set up a roadside hut at Jalan Datuk Keramat where his family lived, offering food and drinks to those who passed by.
