Compiled by ZAKIAH KOYA, ALLISON LAI AND R.ARAVINTAN
DEVOTEES contributed a total of RM224,775 in cash and 39.82g in gold as offerings during the 2025 Penang Thaipusam Festival, the Penang Hindu Endowments Board (PHEB) has announced.
According to Makkal Osai, the tally entailed donations offered to the temple and golden chariot.
The total excludes foreign currencies, coins and RM1 notes.
PHEB commissioner and Batu Uban assemblyman A. Kumaresan said the final tally would be posted later on the board’s Facebook page. The funds will be used for improvements to the temple, education and other critical services.
> Five Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) officials were arrested for forcibly obtaining signatures from schoolchildren for a political petition in support of the three- language policy.
Malaysian Nanban reported that the South Indian state prefers the use of Tamil as a medium of instruction, with English and Hindi being an option for students.
In the latest bid to “impose Hindi” as a medium of instruction by the BJP-led central government, various groups have staged protests.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
