The preparation to celebrate Thaipusam on Jan 18 in Penang is being carried out on a moderate scale following the Covid-19 and spread of the Omicron variant.
“This year’s Thaipusam will be celebrated in a moderate manner where we have applied for permission from the authorities to allow only 100 people involved in the chariot procession, compared to over 10,000 before the pandemic.He added the chariot procession will be held, but limited to 100 devotees who have been fully vaccinated and are required to register with the temple committee, so that they would be given a special card for the ceremony.
He said the silver chariot procession ferrying the statue of Lord Murugan, will begin its nine-kilometre journey at 6am on Jan 17 from the Nagarathar Kovil Veedu temple and is expected to reach the vicinity of Nattukottai Chettiar temple in Jalan Kebun Bunga atIn the meantime, Thanneermalai Shree Balathandayuthapani Devasthanam chairman, Datuk R. Subramaniam said the temple committee had already started preparations for the 24-feet gold chariot procession the past two weeks.
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