%0 Book %A Belle, Carl Vadivella %I ISEAS, Yusof Ishak Institute %D 2017 %C Singapore %G English %@ 9814695750 %@ 9789814695756 %T Thaipusam in Malaysia: a Hindu festival in the Tamil diaspora %X Indians in Malaysia, the social and ethnic context -- Tamil traditions and South Indian Hinduism -- Colonialism, colonial knowledge and Hindu reform movements -- 4. Hinduism in Malaysia, an overview -- Murugan, a Tamil deity -- Phenomenology of Thaipusam at Batu Caves -- Other Thaipusams -- Thaipusam considered, the divine crossing