Prayer II Penang Malaysia 大宝森节 Thaipusam Festival 2019 The Hindu festival of Thaipusam commemorates the day when Goddess Pavarti gave her son Lord Muruga an invincible lance with which he destroyed evil demons. It is celebrated by some two million ethnic Indians in Malaysia. When prayers are answered, devotees fulfill vows by piercing parts of their body before carrying a kavadi along a four kilometre route.