Hindu devotees urged not to use synthetic materials at Teluk Bahang floating chariot festival

GEORGE TOWN: Hindu devotees should not use synthetic foam materials or plastics during the Masi Maga Theppa Thiruvizha, a floating chariot festival scheduled for celebration on March 12 at Teluk Bahang, Penang.

Penang housing and environment committee chairman Datuk Seri S. Sundarajoo said that myriad foam-based materials usually floated out to sea after the procession.