BIGGEST Hindu Festival Outside India: KL↪Batu Caves Thaipusam 2025 | NANDINI

I did the 22KM overnight walk for Thaipusam from KL Mariamman temple to Batu Caves, and it was one of the most beautiful experiences I've ever had! 😍 Haven't done the walk in years, but so glad I did it again tahun ni because it reminded me just how fascinating, rich, and wonderful the Malaysian Tamil Hindu culture is. 🇲🇾🇮🇳 Everyone was warm, kind, and caring—all the people offering drinks and food all day/night long at the thannir panthals (bro this one uncle was cooking beehoon for like 12 hours 😭❤️), the urumi melam groups were AMAZING, kept everybody energised, and of course the pure devotion and discipline of the devotees. 🥹 I love Thaipusam so much! I also love the way we do it here in Malaysia cuz I got to watch a lion dance and urumi melam combo performance?! THE MOST MALAYSIAN THAIPUSAM. 🫶🏽 🔥 WHAT'S IN THIS VIDEO: • Me explaining Thaipusam between yawns and sweaty nose (it's NOT Deepavali, guys!) 🙏🏽 • THE BEST 3AM Indian food (idiyappam with brown sugar, BRU coffee, fried noodles, OMG) 🤩 • Lion dance at a Hindu festival?! Only in Malaysia! 🇲🇾 • That moment I realised it was 14 MILES not 14KM 🫣 • The EPIC music that kept me energised even at 5AM 💃🏽 • Sunrise + Thaipusam at Batu Caves got me all teary 🥹 CHAPTERS: 0:00 - 0:56 Why I love Malaysian Thaipusam 1:03 - 1:32 Thaipusam VS Deepavali 1:36 -2:02 What Is Thaipusam? 2:04 -3:04 What is a Kavadi? 3:04 - 3:35 Lion dance + Urumi Melam Performance 3:35 - 3:54 Roti Canai pit stop at 1:30am 3:55 - 4:15 Preparations for Thaipusam 4:19 - 4:39 Idiyappam & sambar at 3am 4:49 - 4:53 Fresh sweet corn with Planta 5:00 - 5:11 Epic fire dance 5:12 - 5:20 Tamil Folk Urumi Melam 5:22 - 5:36 Uncle making stir-fried noodles 6:03 - 6:26 Buying jasmine garland at 4am 6:31 - 6:45 Pear and grapes 6:50 - 7:09 So sleepy can't tell the time 7:13 7:36 Thosai & idiyappam for brekkie 7:50 - 8:10 Scary highway walk 8:10 - 8:41 Freshly squeezed sugarcane 8:50 - 9:03 I want to take a nap here 9:04 - 9:43 Final stretch 9:44 - 10:28 Sunset or sunrise? 10:29 - 10:33 STUNNING SUNRISE AT BATU CAVES 10:34 11:07 Batu Caves Kavadi 11:09 12:35 I'm gonna cry 12:36 -13:21 Falling asleep in KTM I hope you guys enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed experiencing Thaipusam. ❤️ IG:   / nandinibalakrish   TikTok:   / nandinibalakrishnan   #Thaipusam #batucaves #MalaysianCulture #22KMChallenge #nandini #nandinibalakrishnan #indian #tamil #kualalumpur #kl #murugan