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Piercings and prayer: Malaysian Hindus celebrate Thaipusam / 338J98H
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Thousands of Malaysian Hindus mass at the Batu Caves temple just outside Kuala Lumpur to celebrate the annual Thaipusam festival, many piercing their bodies with hooks and skewers in an act of devotion to the deity Lord Murugan.
The event commemorates the day when the goddess Parvathi gave her son Lord Murugan a powerful lance to fight evil demons. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES