Wow, Hi friends, we are nearby Petaling Street because Thursday the 25th is Thaipusam festival Today is the 23rd Jan there is a chariot procession departing from a Hindu temple here tonight . It will travel from here to Batu Caves Depart at 9pm and arrive at Batu Caves tomorrow afternoon at 3pm . We took the MRT because many roads are closed. However, the MRT station is very close to the temple. It is not convenient today. It is raining heavily. I hope the rain will stop later oh what are these tents for? The road to the temple is closed. Wow. It is my first time to participate in the Thaipusam procession Sri Maha Mariamman Temple. The procession starts here at 9 o'clock tonight and goes to Batu Caves. travel all night and arrive there at about 3 pm tomorrow afternoon. Today is the 23rd. The official Thaipusam festival is the 25th, Thursday. Wow, there are so many people here. There are many people next to the temple. This is the silver chariot! my god , I witnessed the famous silver chariot with my own eyes . After installing the statue of the Lord Murugan, the chariot set off and travel all night to Batu Caves Thaipusam is to celebrate Lord Murugan Lord Murugan is the god of war, the Hindu god of war, this is a blessing. Thank you for blessing the priest blessed me blsessing from God oh Throw the coconut, throw away negativity! . Wow, they have to pull out the parade chariot. wow , wow, wow, wow, wow, pull it from the side to the front of the temple. Ah, it’s spectacular oh, the chariot is pulled by this cart It used to be by ox cart Oh, I thought pulled by human In the past, ox carts were used the chariot is attached to the cart finally come close to the chariot dot on your forehead 3 times for blessing . This is a chariot because Lord Murugan is the God of War , so this is a war chariot. What's the truck for? It's a generator because the chariot has a lot of lights oh i see Yes, so the generator follows. devotees must eat vegetarian food in advance and fast the day before. Some even shave their heads. there is an Indian restaurant opposite the temple roti canai please , it’s raining heavily tonight. I originally wanted to have dinner at Petaling Street , but it’s raining and
I saw this new Indian restaurant here, so decided to try fried chicken, coated with curry powder, curry chicken, there are many kinds of curry chicken. , I randomly selected one melons, I don’t know what melons, and long beans roti canai with bananas , slices of bananas, roti canai with eggs convenient. It’s just opposite the temple. Try the dishes. Wow a lot of pepper. Two type of gravy curry chicken , this is dhal fried chicken . Try the fried chicken . OK, it’s cold unfortunately Try the banana roti canai banana roti canai We ordered tosai savoury with rice fragrant There are no fillings inside . It has the aroma of rice and the inside looks like this. The total is RM22. The temple is just opposite the restaurant i wonder what's happening at the tents we passed by earlier it's 8pm now oh, they serve free meals! ! Haha wow wow thank you they giving out free vegetarian meals . It’s really delicious, vegetarian papadom too . Try papadom. Yummy! They prepare a lot of free meals Are you volunteers? We are a social enterprise called Masala Wheel. We are in the catering industry. We have a restaurant in pj. oldtown, do you mind being on camera? No problem. So you guys have a restaurant in pj oldtown. Today we are offering free vegetarian food. You guys are so generous. Have you tried it? Yes, papadom is delicious. The most delicious papadom i've tried it's is our homemade papadom. Wow, it’s great . How long will you guys stay here? It’s just for today On the first day of the chariot procession every year, we provide free vegetarian food here. We were also here last year ic, till what time? until all the food is distributed . I think it’s almost time. There are so many people.haha Thank you! the chariot lights are on! You see, the devotees all wear yellow because Lord Murugan loves yellow, so even the huge statue of the Lord murugan in Batu Caves is in yellow. Will you also march together? Wow , please stand back . The FRU team is coming. Stand back . Lord Murugan got on the chariot. Hey kavadi. Believers carry all kinds of burdens to pay tribute to God. The Iincredible crowds i think more people than on New Year's Eve countdown at TRX defintely Look at the crowd! devotees holding milk pots on their heads to pay tribute Many devotees will follow the procession all night long and walk to Batu Caves the chariot turns left Oh, where are the fireworks can only see the reflection on the window , wow, many police cars, FRU for security reason Do you see the full moon? OK, bye chariot, see you tomorrow in Batu Caves it’s so hot, so exciting. We will go to Batu Caves tomorrow today at Sri Maha Mariamman Temple we sent off the chariot The procession will arrive at Batu Caves at 3pm tomorrow, so we will go there tomorrow to check out bye.
