Devotees pierce bodies to make penance during Thaipusam festival

comments     Eileen Ng     Published     Updated

Hundreds of thousands of Malaysian Hindus made their annual pilgrimage to a 113-year-old limestone cave temple to celebrate Thaipusam, where devotees pierce their bodies with sharp hooks and skewers in self-mortification.

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