A Malaysian Hindu devotee performs a ritual bath before his pilgrimage to the sacred Batu Caves temple during Thaipusam celebrations on January 20, 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A screaming devotee in a state of trance at the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur, 20 January 2011.
A Hindu devotees carries the 'Kavadi' (burden) to make pilgrimage next to a giant statue of Lord Murugan at the Batu Caves temple during Thaipusam in Kuala Lumpur on January 20, 2011.
A Hindu family asking for a good wish to her daughter from a Hindu devotees pilgrimage near the Batu Caves at sunrise during Thaipusam in Kuala Lumpur on January 20, 2011. The Hindu festival of Thaipusam, which commemorates the day when Goddess Pavarthi gave her son Lord Murugan an invincible lance with which he destroyed evil demons, is celebrated by some two million ethnic Indians in Malaysia.
A screaming devotee in a state of trance at the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur, 20 January 2011.
A Hindu devotees heading towards the 272 steps of Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur on the eve of the annual festival of Thaipusam. There are an estimated 25 million Indians in a worldwide diaspora who are now being wooed by the motherland as India emerges as a new economic powerhouse. Kuala Lumpur, 20 January 2011.
A screaming devotee in a state of trance at the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur, 20 January 2011.
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