Thaipusam 2019 at Batu Caves

I have got an extensive collection of personal photos on Flickr. In fact, I can do a search there to locate just about anything from my life for which there is photographic evidence. Of course, the pickings are a little slim, for the majority of my days, before the advent of digital photography.

I was wondering how long it's been since Jay and I first visited Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. After my little search, it seems we travelled there after seeing some cities in mainland China. We were in KL during the fall of 2011. That was the first and only time we visited the nearby Batu Caves.


The Batu Caves are one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India and the site is dedicated to Lord Murugan. Luckily, we should arrive in Kuala Lumpur just about a week before the Thaipusam festival. (We will be coming after spending a couple of months in Bali.) More than a million Hindu devotees should begin celebrating at this spot around January 21st next year. It will be something we'll surely not miss.

This year, we were witness to these festivities in Penang.