Kaum India di Malaysia

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Saya telah tinggal di Malaysia lebih 20 tahun, dalam pada masa itu, saya telah memupuk satu penghargaan yang besar terhadap budaya dan adat yang wujud di Malaysia, yang telah memberi inspirasi kepada saya untuk lebih banyak menulis tentang kekayaan kebudayaan negara ini.

Kaum India telah mula berhijrah ke rantau ini sebelum penjajahan British lagi, mengembangkan jaringan perdagangan mereka, menyebarkan pengaruh mereka dan mempromosikan kepercayaan mereka. Selepas British memulakan penjajahannya, mereka telah menggalakkan kaum India ke Tanah Melayu di bawah pentadbiran British (British Malaya), atau kini dikenali sebagai Malaysia dan Singapura, untuk bekerja di dalam pelbagai sektor seperti pasukan polis, kerja pentadbiran kerajaan atau sebagai buruh di ladang. Sewaktu perang dan selepas Perang Dunia Kedua (tahun 1936 – 1945), populasi masyarakat India di Malaysia mula berkurangan, kerana kebanyakan kaum India telah pergi berkhidmat di dalam pasukan Tentera Kebangsaan India (Indian National Army) dan banyak institusi British mula meninggalkan British Malaya.

Kini, kita boleh melihat pengaruh India di dalam perlbagai aspek kebudayaan Malaysia, contohnya dalam Bahasa Melayu, masakan Melayu dan di dalam cerita rakyat Melayu. Artikel ini merangkumi sejarah kaum India di Malaysia, perayaan mereka yang unik, tokoh-tokoh India yang terkenal di Malaysia, serta pengaruh India terhadap kebudayaan Malaysia.

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Penghijrahan Kaum India ke Malaysia

The ruins of a Hindu temple in Kedah

Tinggalan runtuhan sebuah kuil Hindu di Kedah

 

Pemerintahan Pra-Penjajahan British

Sebelum kedatangan Penjajah British, kaum India telah mengembara ke Semenanjung Tanah Melayu (kini dikenali sebagai Malaysia Barat) untuk berdagang, menyebarkan agama mereka, dan mengembangkan pengaruh dan jajahan mereka. Pengaruh India dapat dilihat menerusi kerajaan-kerajaan kuno seperti Kedah Tua, yang dipegaruhi besar agama Hindu sebelum menjadi kesultanan Islam. Kedah pada ketika itu kerap kali dirujuk sebagai Kadaram, dan negeri itu mempunyai hubungan panjang dengan beberapa kerajaan Tamil yang berpengaruh, seperti Dinasti Pallava (Abad ke-4 hingga ke-9 Masihi) dan Dinasti Chola (Abad Ke-9 hingga ke-13 Masihi).

A map of the Chola Empire. Kedah, also known as Kadaram in India, was one of the Chola Empire’s subordinates

Sebuah Peta Empayar Chola. Kedah, juga dikenali sebagai Kadaram di India, merupakan salah satu daripada wilayah tanggungan Empayar Chola.

Emperor Rajendra Chola I

Maharaja Rajendra Chola I

A ship from the Chola Empire that can carry up to 200 people

Sebuah kapal dari Empayar Chola yang boleh menampung sehingga 200 orang

Pada tahun 2015, Maharaja Rajendra Chola I (memerintah dari tahun 1014 – 1044 Masihi) telah mengetuai bala tenteranya dalam menyerang Kerajaan Srivijaya dan lokasi-lokasi lain sekitar Malaysia dan Indonesia kini, untuk melemahkan rantau itu. Hasil dari serangan ini, pedagang Tamil telah mendapat lebih banyak laluan masuk ke negara-negara di Asia Tenggara, termasuklah Malaysia. Empayar Chola memiliki kapal-kapal besar yang berlayar ke Ganges, Malaysia dan Sumatera waktu kini, yang telah memudahkan pergerakan pedagang dan mubaligh India ke kawasan ini. Kini, kesan-kesan interaksi antara masyarakat Kedah Tua dan India masih boleh diperhatikan. Di Tanjore, dahulunya sebuah wilayah jajahan Empayar Chola dan kini sebahagian dari Selatan India, terdapat sebuah kampung bernama Kadaram Kodan. Di kampung tersebut, terdapat sejenis buah oren, kadarangkay atau pulpa-kadaram, yang pada asalnya telah dibawa masuk dari Malaysia.

Jalan Kadaram in Kedah State

Jalan Kadaram di Negeri Kedah, satu lagi bukti interaksi antara India dan Kedah Tua

 

Sewaktu Pemerintahan Jajahan British

Indian plantation workers in British Malaya, by Charles Kleingrothe, a German photographer

Pekerja ladang India di British Malaya, oleh jurugambar Jerman, Charles Kleingrothe

Dalam abad ke-18, British telah mengambil kuasa di Semenanjung Tanah Melayu, dan menggelarkan Malaysia dan Singapura waktu kini, sebagai British Malaya. British telah menggalakkan penghijrahan buruh India ke British Malaya kerana pemahaman am mereka dalam Bahasa Inggeris, dan mereka telah diambil bekerja sebagai tenaga buruh, anggota polis, pedagang, pegawai pentadbiran kerajaan dan anggota tentera. Kebanyakan kaum India yang berhijrah ke British Malaya pada waktu itu kebanyakannya orang lelaki yang telah meninggalkan keluarga mereka di India. Oleh sebab itu, populasi kaum India kerap turun naik kerana mereka datang ke British Malaya untuk bekerja, dan kemudian pulang untuk melawat keluarga mereka atau balik ke kampung.

The SS Rajula, a British vessel that transported many Indians to British Malaya

SS Rajula, sebuah kapal British yang telah mengangkut ramai kaum India ke British Malaya

Pada awal abad ke-20, terdapat kira-kira sebanyak 120,000 orang India yang tinggal di British Malaya. Jumlah itu bertambah lebih dari 433% dalam jangka masa 30 tahun, dengan sebanyak 640,000 orang India menetap di kawasan ini menjelang tahun 1931. Sewaktu Perang Dunia Kedua, kadar perkembangan populasi orang India jatuh ketara, disebabkan kebanyakan mereka terpaksa berkhidmat dalam pasukan tentera. Dari tahun 1931 hingga 1957, populasi orang India di Malaysia hanya meningkat sebanyak 28% kepada kira-kira 820,000 orang.

Artist’s illustration of an Indian coffee shop in Negeri Sembilan in British Malaya

Ilustrasi artis menggambarkan kedai kopi India di Negeri Sembilan di British Malaya

Selepas kegagalan untuk menubuhkan Malayan Union di antara tahun 1946 dan 1948, Pentadbiran British telah menubuhkan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu pada tahun 1948, yang telah mengakui status simbolik raja-raja Melayu. Pada 31 Ogos 1957, Persekutuan Tanah Melayu telah mengisytiharkan kemerdekaannya daripada pemeritahan Empayar British, dan menandakan berakhirnya pemerintahan di bawah jajahan British. Setelah Persekutuan Tanah Melayu mengisytiharkan kemerdekaanya, institusi dan pentadbiran British telah meninggalkan negara itu, dan populasi orang India di rantau itu, semakin berkurangan.

Pada 16 September 1963, Persekutuan Malaysia, yang seterusnya dikenali sebagai Malaysia, telah ditubuhkan. Ahli-ahlinya termasuklah bekas anggota Persekutuan Tanah Melayu bersama tiga anggota baru: Singapura, Borneo Utara dan Sarawak. Dua tahun kemudiannya, Singapura telah keluar dari Persekutuan itu.

 

Pemerintahan Selepas Jajahan British

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Hari ni, masih terdapat kemasukan orang India yang berhijrah ke Malaysia. Mereka terdiri daripada perkerja profesional berkolar putih, pekerja kolar biru yang bekerja di restoran-restoran India, dan pasangan warga asing yang telah berkahwin dengan kaum India Malaysia.

 

Statistik Penduduk

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Anggaran jumlah keseluruhan populasi penduduk Malaysia pada bulan Julai 2016 adalah 30,949,962 orang. Dari jumlah ini, 6.7% dari jumlah populasi terdiri daripada kumpulan etnik India, atau kira-kira dua juta orang. 90% daripada masyarakat India di Malaysia terdiri dari kumpulan etnik Tamil. Baki 10% pula terdiri daripada kumpulan etnik Telegu, Malayalee, Punjabi, Gujarati dan Sidhi. Komuniti India dia Malaysia bertutur dalam beberapa dialek bergantung kepada kumpulan etnik mereka, seperti bahasa Tamil, Telegu, Melayu, Hindi dan Punjabi.

 

Agama

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Peneroka India sewaktu zaman pra-kolonial dan kolonial di Malaysia kebanyakannya penganut agama Buddha atau Hindu. Walau bagaimanapun, akibat asimilasi dengan bangsa-bangsa lain, sebahagian dari kaum India telah menganuti kepercayaan lain, seperti Islam dan agama Kristian.

 

Pengaruh India di dalam Budaya Tempatan di Malaysia

A performance of Hikayat Seri Rama

Sebuah persembahan Hikayat Seri Rama

 

Cerita Rakyat Tempatan

Beberapa buah cerita rakyat Melayu banyak dipengaruhi oleh mitologi India, seperti Mahabhrata dan Ramayana. Cerita-cerita tertua pada asalnya telah ditulis dalam bahasa-bahasa India seperti Sanskrit dan Pallava, contohnya seperti:

  • Hikayat Seri Rama – sebuah adaptasi Ramayana, sebuah kisah mitologi India, dengan beberapa perubahan kepada situasi-situasi watak dan personaliti.
  • Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa yang turut dikenali sebagai Sejarah Negeri Kedah (The Kedah Annals) – sebuah kisah sastera Tamil yang menceritakan tentang seorang Putera Tamil dan hubungannya dengan kerajaan Kedah. Kisah ini juga menceritakan tentang pedagang dari Empayar Chola dan urusan perdagangan mereka di Kedah.
  • Hikayat Panca Tanderan – diadaptasi daripada Panchatantra, sebuah koleksi cerita dongeng haiwan dari India.
  • Hikayat Bayan Budiman – •diadaptasi daripada Sukasaptati, sebuah karya kesusateraan India berkenaan seekor burung nuri yang menyampaikan cerita kepada tuannya supaya dia tidak berlaku curang.
An illustration of Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa on a Malaysian stamp

Sebuah ilustrasi menggambarkan Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa pada sekeping setem Malaysia

 

Bahasa

Pengaruh India juga ketara dalam bahasa Melayu, memandangkan sesetengah perkataan Melayu mempunyai asal usul dari bahasa Hindi, Sanskrit dan Tamil:

Beberapa perkataan Bahasa Melayu yang berasal dari perbendaharaan kata India:

Perkataan Melayu Terjemahan Inggeris Perkataan Asal Bahasa Asal
Agama Religion Agama Sanskrit
Aksara Alphabet letter Aksara Sanskrit
Anugerah Grace, blessings Anugraha Sanskrit
Asmara Passion Smara Sanskrit
Buat Do Wuat Sanskrit
Bumi Earth Bhūmi Sanskrit
Cendana Sandalwood Candana Sanskrit
Dobi Laundry Dhobī Hindi
Duka Grief Dhuka Sanskrit
Kapal Boat Kappal Tamil
Kedai Stall Kadai Tamil
Kuil Temple/ shrine Koyil Tamil
Kuda Horse Kudda Sanskrit
Maha Great Maha Sanskrit
Mangga Mango Mangkai Tamil
Wanita Women Vanithai Tamil/ Telugu
Mutiara Pearl Muthu Tamil
Kakak Older sibling Akka Tamil

 

Perayaan yang berhubung dengan mayarakat India di Malaysia

Thaipusam Festival celebration at Batu Caves

Sambutan Perayaan Thaipusam di Batu Caves

 

Thaipusam – Perayaan Dewa Perang

Thaipusam merupakan sebuah perayaan bagi memperingati dewa perang, Dewa Murugan yang juga merupakan anak kepada Parvati dan Dewa Shiva. Perayaan ini disambut sewaktu bulan penuh di bulan Thai dalam kalendar Tamil (antara bulan Januari dan Februari). Pada malam sebelum Thaipusam, para penganut Dewa Murugan akan menjalankan Kavadi Attam, atau Tarian Bebanan (BUrden Dance), di mana penganut menzahirkan penghargaan mereka kepada Dewa Murugan melalui amalan yang menebus dosa. Mereka seringkali membawa periuk berisi susu sebagai persembahan kepada Dewa Murugan, mereka juga mungkin akan menusuk anggota badan mereka. Tidak menghairankan untuk menyaksikan pengikut Dewa Murugan berada dalam keadaan sawai yang dalam sepanjang perayaan tersebut.

Women carrying Paal Kavadi that contain milk and other holy substances during a Thaipusam procession

Para wanita membawa Paal Kavadi yang berisi susu dan bahan-bahan suci lain sewaktu perarakan Thaipusam

Thaipusam disambut di banyak kuil-kuil Hindu di Malaysia, namun acara terbesar kebiasaannya diadakan di Kuil Sri Subramaniar Swamy di Batu Caves.

 

Deepavali – Perayaan Cahaya

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Deepavali atau Diwali adalah Perayaan Cahaya yang disambut setiap tahun pada hari ke-15 di bulan Kartika dalam kalendar Hindu (antara bulan Oktober dan November). Perayaan ini adalah untuk memperingati Dewi Lakshmi, dipercayai sebagai dewi yang mengurniakan kesenangan, kekayaan dan kemakmuran. Sebelum perayaan, penganut Lakshmi akan membersihkan rumah mereka sebagai persediaan menyambut kedatangannya. Banyak kedai dan gerai, seperti yang terdapat di Little India, Brickfields menjual pelbagai perhiasan India untuk hiasan di rumah. Selain itu, pengunjung boleh melihat banyak barang kemas dan pakaian tradisional India yang cantik. Pada malam sebelum Deepavali, para penganut akan bersembahyang kepada Dewi, sama ada di rumah atau di kuil-kuil. Kemudian, mereka akan berkumpul bersama sanak-saudara untuk berjamuan, dan menyalakan pelita minyak yang diperbuat dari tanah liat, sebagai satu simbol kebaikan menumpaskan kejahatan.

Deepavali celebration in Malaysia

Perayaan Deepavali di Malaysia

 

Vishu

The female members of a Malayalee family prepare vishu kanni or offering to Lord Vishnu. The offerings include gold coins, vegetables, flowers and fruits.

Anggota wanita sebuah keluarga Malayalee menyediakan vishu kanni atau persembahan kepada Dewa Vishnu. Persembahan ini termasuklah syiling emas, sayur-sayuran, bunga-bungaan dan buah-buahan.

Vishu adalah sambutan tahun baru bagi kumpulan etnik Malayalee. Id disambut pada hari pertama di bulan Medam dalam kalendar Malayalee (sekitar minggu kedua bulan April). Bagi etnik Malayalee, Vishu merupakan masa yang paling berkat untuk bersembahyang dan membuat persembahan kepada dewa dewi suci Hindu. Sewaktu sambutan acara yang gembira ini, menjadi kebiasaan bagi golongan tua Malayalee untuk memberi kaineetam atau pemberian duit kepada generasi yang lebih muda.

Malayalee elders often give kaineetam or money offering to the younger generation

Golongan tua Malayalee sering memberi kaineetam atau pemberian duit kepada generasi muda

 

Onam

The Festival of Onam, a celebration of gratitude

Perayaan Onam, sebuah sambutan kesyukuran

Onam merupakan perayaan menuai Malayalee yang disambut pada bulan Chingam dalam kalendar Malayalam (antara bulan Ogos dan September). Onam merupakan perayaan menuai yang menyambut penghujung musim menanam padi, dan kepulangan Raja Mahabali, raja hantu yang baik hati, dari alam kubur.

The celebration of Onam at the Klang Malayalee Association

Sambutan Onam di Persatuan Malayalee Klang

 

Ugadi

Ugadi celebration organised by Telugu Association of Malaysia

Sambutan Ugadi yang dianjurkan oleh Persatuan Telegu Malaysia

Ugadi merupakan sambutan Tahun Baru bagi kumpulan etnik Telegu. Ia disambut pada bulan Chaitra dalam kalendar Panchanga India (antara bulan Mac dan April). Sebelum menjelang malam Ugadi, kaum Telegu membersihkan rumah mereka, membeli persalinan baru, menghiaskan rumah mereka dengan daun pokok mangga dan rangoli yang berwarna-warni; rekaan corak di lantai yang dihasilkan dari beras, tepung, pasir dan kelopak bunga yang diwarnakan. Pada malam sebelum Ugadi, anggota keluarga yang tertua dalam isi rumah tersebut akan mengetuai keluarga dalam upacara sembahyang kepada dewa dewi Hindu, meminta restu, kesihatan yang baik, kekayaan dan kebahagiaan untuk tahun yang mendatang.

 

Kawasan-kawasan utama yang berkaitan dengan masyarakat India di Malaysia

Berikut merupakan dua tempat terkenal yang mewakili kebudayaan India di Malaysia.

Little India, Brickfields entrance

Jalan masuk ke LIttle India, Bricfields

 

Little India, Brickfields

Little India terletak dalam jarak berjalan kaki dari Stesen Sentral KL di Brickfields. Kerajaan Malaysia telah merobah sebuah kawasan perumahan di Brickfields menjadi sebuah pusat untuk perniagaan dan komuniti India, menyebabkan kawasan tersebut dikenali sebagai Little India. Pada bulan Oktober 2010, Perdana Menteri India, Manmohan Singh dan Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Mohammed Najib Tun Abdul Razak telah membuka dengan rasminnya, Little India di Brickfields.

Little India, Brickfields

Little India, Brickfields

Pada hari ini, Little India di Brickfields terentang dari Jalan Travers ke Jalan tun Sambanthan. Terdapat banyak penjual yang menjual makanan, perhiasan, assesori, barang kemas, pakaian dan bahan-bahan India. Little India merupakan satu kawasan yang meriah, dengan ramai penjual yang berniaga hingga lewat malam. Namun begitu, mencari kawasan meletak kereta adalah agak sukar, jadi pengunjung boleh sahaja memilih untuk menaiki tren, turun di Stesen Sentral KL dan berjalan kaki ke Little India.

 

Mengunjungi Little India, Brickfields

Pengangkutan

Terdapat banyak pilihan pengangkutan untuk ke Little India, Brickfields:

  • Monorel – •Pengunjung boleh menaiki KL Monorail dan turun di stesen Tun Sambanthan
  • Transit Aliran Ringan (LRT) – Pengunjung boleh menaiki LRT di laluan Kelana Jaya dan turun di stesen KL Sentral.
  • Tren – Pengunjung boleh menggunakan laluan KTM Komuter atau Express Rail Link (ERL) dan turun di stesen KL Sentral.
  • Bas – Pengunjung boleh memilih untuk menaiki mana-mana bas RapidKL yang melalui Brickfields. Lawati laman RapidKL untuk maklumat lanjut, di http://www.myrapid.com.my/

Penginapan

Sekiranya anda berminat untuk menginap di sekitar Little India di Brickfields, berikut merupakan penginapan yang terdapat di kawasan tersebut (sila selidik dengan lebih lanjut untuk mencari penginapan yang sesuai dengan keperluan anda):

  1. OYO Rooms Brickfields Little India
    Alamat:
    My Signature Hotel Little India
    130 Jalan Thamby Abdullah
    Kuala-Lumpur, KL Sentral, 50470
    Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
    Malaysia
    Nombor Telefon: +60104011393
  2. Aloft Kuala Lumpur Sentral Hotel
    Alamat:
    No. 5 Jalan Stesen Sentral 5,
    Kuala Lumpur Sentral
    50470 Kuala Lumpur
    Malaysia
    Nombor Telefon: +60 3-2723 1188

 

Batu Caves

Batu Caves

Batu Caves

Batu Caves, atau juga dikenali sebagai Rock Caves dalam bahasa Ingeris, merupakan sebuah kuil Hindu di Selangor, terletak 13 kilometer dari pusat bandar Kuala Lumpur. Kuil ini dibina untuk memperingati Dewa Murugan, dewa perang. Batu Caves menarik jutaan penganut dan pelancong setiap tahun, memandangkan ia merupakan kawasan utama untuk Perayaan Thaipusam. Pengunjung boleh menerima restu dari sami Hindu di kuil ini.

Nama gua ini diambil sempena Sungai Batu, sebatang sungai yang merentasi bukit batu kapur dan tiga gua utama di sekitar lokasi ini. Terdapat tiga gua utama di sini: Gua Kuil atau Gua Gereja, Gua Vila dan Gua Ramayana.

Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple
Alamat:
Batu Caves
68000 Selangor
Malaysia
Nombor Telefon: +603 6189 6284
Fax: +603 6187 2404
Emel: batu_caves@yahoo.com

 

Gua Kuil atau Gua Gereja

Temple Cave or Cathedral Cave

Gua Kuil atau Gua Gereja

Gua Kuil merupakan gua terbesar di kawasan ini dan dan didedikasikan khusus untuk Dewa Murugan. Di bahagian luar gua, pengunjung boleh melihat patung Dewa Murugan yang tertinggi di dunia, patung emas yang gah setinggi 42 meter. Untuk mencapai Gua Kuil, pengunjung perlu mendaki 272 anak tangga dari kaki bukit. Tidak ada sebarang bayaran yang dikenakan untuk memasuki Gua Kuil, tetapi pengunjung boleh memberi derma ikhlas jika mahu.

 

Gua Vila

Cave Villa

Gua Vila

Gua Vila terletak di kakai Batu Caves dan mengandungi sebuah galeri seni dan muzium yang memaparkan imej dan patung-patung berbagai dewa dewi Hindu. Untuk memasuki Gua Vila, pelancong antarabangsa dikenakan bayaran sebanyak RM15 seorang, sementara rakyat Malaysia sebanyak RM7 seorang.

Art Gallery at Cave Villa.

Galeri Seni di Gua Vila

The pool outside Cave Villa in Batu Caves.

Kolam di luar Gua Vila di Batu Caves

 

Gua Ramayana

Ramayana Cave

Gua Ramayana

Gua Ramayana terletak di sebelah kiri bukit batu kapur tersebut. Dalam perjalanan menuju ke Gua Ramayana, pengunjung boleh melihat sebuah patung Hanuman, dewa monyet Hindu dari mitologi Ramayana, yang berwarna hijau setinggi 15 meter. Patung itu kemungkinan dibina di lokasi tersebut disebabkan sejumlah besar monyet yang hidup di Batu Caves.

Selain patung Hanuman, pengunjung juga boleh melihat sebuah kuil yang didedikasikan kepda Dewa Rama, avatar ketujuh Vishnu. Dinding di bahagian dalam Gua Ramayana dipenuhi dengan lukisan yang menggambarkan kisah Ramayana. Untuk memasuki Gua Ramayana, pengunjung dikenakan bayaran RM5 setiap seorang.

Hanuman statue in front of Ramayana Cave

Patung Hanuman di hadapan Gua Ramayana

 

Mengunjungi Batu Caves

Batu Caves terletak sekitar 13 kilometer ke utara pusat bandar Kuala Lumpur. Sewaktu perayaan Thaipusam, sebuah perkhidmatan bas khas akan disediakan dari Stesen Sentral KL ke Batu Caves, untuk mengangkut penagnut dan para pengunjung. Pengunjung juga boleh memilih untuk menggunakan perkhidmatan teksi. Satu lagi pilihan adalah dengan menggunakan laluan KTM Komuter (laluan Batu Caves – Seremban) atau, jika pengunjung berada di Bandar Kuala Lumpur, mereka boleh menaiki laluan KTM Komuter dari KL Sentral ke Batu Caves, dengan tambang sehala sebanyak RM2.

 

Masakan India di Malaysia

Banana Leaf Rice

Nasi daun pisang

Pengaruh India boleh juga dilihat menerusi masakam Malaysia. Memandangkan 90% masyarakat India di Malaysia berasal dari etnik Tamil, sebahagian masakan Malaysia telah dipengaruhi oleh masakan Selatan India, dan telah menjadi masakan yang dipanggil Mamak.

Secara amnya, masakan India Malaysia mengandungi daun kari, rempah ratus seperti bunga cengkih, buah pelaga, kayu manis dan kelapa segar. Beberapa contoh masakan India Malaysia termasuklah acar, apam, avail, nasi daun pisang, nasi briyani, roti canai, capati dan banyak lagi.

Briyani Rice

Nasi briyani

Roti Canai

Roti canai

Jika akan lebih berminat untuk merasai masakan India yang asli, terdapat beberapa restoran India di Malaysia yang anda oleh cuba:

  • Spice of India
    Alamat:
    Level 4 Suria KLCC, Suria KLCC
    Jalan Ampang
    50088 Kuala Lumpur
    Malaysia
    Nombor Telefon: +60 3-2164 9221
    Waktu Operasi: 11:30AM–10PM
  • Chappati.com
    Alamat:
    9B-2, Jalan Kemajuan
    Seksyen 13,
    Petaling Jaya
    46200 Selangor
    Malaysia
    Nombor Telefon:+60 3-7931 3106
    Waktu Operasi:11:30AM–2:30PM, 5:30–10:30PM
  • Namaste Indian Restaurant
    Alamat:
    4, Jalan Datuk Sulaiman
    Taman Tun Dr Ismail
    60000 Kuala Lumpur
    Malaysia
    Nombor Telefon:+60 3-7724 1195
    Waktu Operasi: 10AM–10PM
  • Sagar Restaurant Sdn. Bhd.
    Alamat:
    4, Lorong Maarof, Bangsar
    59000 Kuala Lumpur
    Malaysia
    Nombor Telefon:+60 3-2284 2532
    Waktu Operasi: 12–3PM, 6–10:30PM

 

Tokoh-tokoh terkenal berketurunan India

Sepanjang sejarah panjang mereka, kaum India telah memainkan peranan yang besar dan menyumbang kepada kebaikan negara Malaysia. Berikut adalah beberapa tokoh yang terkenal yang berketurunan India.

 

Tokoh Sejarah

An artist’s illustration of Tun Fatimah on a Malaysian stamp

Ilustrasi artis menggambarkan Tun Fatimah di atas setem

 

Tun Fatimah

Tun Fatimah merupakan satu-satunya waris Tun Mutahir dari Melaka yang hidup. Dia telah berkahwin kepada seorang lelaki bernama Tun Ali sebelum menjadi isteri ketiga Sultan Mahmud Shah, selepas baginda membunuh kesemua ahli keluarganya. Dia telah keguguran beberapa kali pada beberapa tahun pertama perkahwinannya dengan Sultan Mahmud Shah, disebabkan kesedihannya. Baginda Sultan kemudian berjanji kepadanya, jika dia melahirkan waris lelaki, anaknya itu akan menjadi waris kepada takhta kerajaan. Selepas itu, Tun Fatimah telah melahirkan dua orang putera dan dua orang puteri.

Malay actress Maria Menado playing the role of Tun Fatimah.

Pelakon Melayu, Maria Menado memainkan watak Tun Fatimah

Tun Fatimah merupakan seorang permaisuri yang popular dan berkarisma. Sepanjang dia menjadi permaisuri, dia telah memastikan semua orang yang terlibat dalam pembunuhan keluarganya dihukum, kecuali suaminya sendiri. Selepas Melaka diserang Portugal, kedua orang puteranya telah meninggalkan Melaka dan menubuhkan kesultanan mereka sendiri. Putera pertamanya, Raja Raden Ali telah menubuhkan kesultanan Perak dan putera keduanya, Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah II telah menubuhkan kesultanan Johor.

 

Tun Ali dari Melaka (berkhidmat: tahun 1445 – 1456)

Sri Nara Diraja Tun Ali merupakan Perdana Menteri Kesultanan Melaka yang keempat, dan berketurunan Tamil. Dia merupakan satu tokoh yang berkuasa dalam Kesultanan Melaka sehingga apabila kemangkatan tuannya, Raja Sri Parameswara Dewa Shah, juga dikenali sebagai Sultan Abu Syahid Shah (memerintah tahun 1444 – 1446), dia telah menabalkan anak saudaranya, Raja Kassim sebagai sultan baru Melaka dan menganugerahkannya gelaran Sultan Muzaffar Shah (memerintah 1445 – 1459).

 

Tun Mutahir dari Melaka (berkhidmat: tahun 1500 – 1510)

Tun Mutahir merupakan Perdana Menteri Kesultanan Melaka yang ketujuh. Dia berketurunan Tamil dan merupakan seorang pemimpin Islam. Sewaktu perkhidmatannya, dia telah meletakkan banyak pegawai-pegawai Islam, yang juga merupakan sanak saudaranya, dalam jawatan-jawatan penting kerajaan. Amalan nepotisme ini telah mendapat tentangan dari Raja Mudaliar, syahbandar kepada pelabuhan Melaka, yang menuduh Tun Mutahir merancang untuk merampas takhta. Sebaik mendengar berita ini, pemerintah pada ketika itu, Sultan Mahmud Shah menitahkan agar kesemua ahli keluarga Tun Mutahir dibunuh, kecuali seorang, Tun Fatimah, yang telah baginda kahwini.

 

Ahli Perniagaan

 

Tony Fernandez

Tony Fernandez

Tony Fernandez

Tan Sri Anthony Francis Fernandez, atau lebih dikenali sebagai Tony Fernandez, telah dilahirkan pada 30 April 1964 di Kuala Lumpur kepada sebuah keluarga berketurunan India. Dia terkenal kerana menyelamatkan AirAsia, sebuah bekas syarikat pernerbangan yang bersekutu dengan kerajaan, dari gerbang muflis, dan menjadikannya kepada salah satu syarikat penerbangan kos rendah yang teruntung di dunia. Selain dari AirAsia, dia juga merupakan pengasas dan pemegang saham Tune Hotel, sebuah rantaian hotel bajet, serta pasukan Formula Satu Caterham F1.

 

Ananda Krishnan

Ananda Krishnan

Ananda Krishnan

Tan Sri Anthony Francis Fernandez, atau lebih dikenali sebagai Tony Fernandez, telah dilahirkan pada 30 April 1964 di Kuala Lumpur kepada sebuah keluarga berketurunan India. Dia terkenal kerana menyelamatkan AirAsia, sebuah bekas syarikat pernerbangan yang bersekutu dengan kerajaan, dari gerbang muflis, dan menjadikannya kepada salah satu syarikat penerbangan kos rendah yang teruntung di dunia. Selain dari AirAsia, dia juga merupakan pengasas dan pemegang saham Tune Hotel, sebuah rantaian hotel bajet, serta pasukan Formula Satu Caterham F1.

 

Kesenian dan Hiburan

 

V. Nagaraj

V. Nagaraj merupakan seorang penerbit dan pengarah filem yang terkenal di Malaysia dan dilahirkan pada 20 November 1962 kepada sebuah keluarga berketurunan Tamil. Dia telah bekerja dalam industri hiburan di Malaysia selama lebih 30 tahun dan telah mengarahkan banyak filem Melayu seperti Gila-Gila Remaja, Mati Hidup Semula, Sepi Itu Indah, Keluarga 99 dan banyak lagi. V. Nagaraj telah memenangi anugerah Pengarah Harapan Terbaik untuk filemnya, Ghazal Untuk Rabiah, dan dia juga telah memenangi anugerah Pengarah Terbaik di Festival Filem India Malaysia di Chennai.

 

Aktivis dan pekerja sosial

 

Ambiga Sreenevasan

Ambiga Sreenevasan

Ambiga Sreenevasan

Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan merupakan seorang peguam dan seorang aktivis hak asasi manusia di Malaysia dan dilahirkan pada tahun 1956 kepada keluarga berketurunan India. Dato’ Ambiga merupakan ahli Jawatankuasa Eksekutif Pertubuhan Pertolongan Wanita (WAO) dan merupakan Pengarah Pusat Penyelesaian Pertikaian Industri Sekuriti. Dia juga merupakan bekas Presiden Majlis Peguam Malaysia yang ke-24 dari tahun 2007 hingga 2009.

 

Ahli Politik

 

Tun Dato’ Seri Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad (1925)

Mahathir Mohamad

Mahathir Mohamad

Tun Dato’ Seri Dr Mahathir merupakan Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang keempat (tahun 1981 – 2003) dan kini berkhidmat sebagai Pengerusi Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia. Dilahirkan pada 10 Julai 1925 kepada sebuah keluarga berketurunan India di Kedah, bapanya merupakan seorang pengetua sekolah yang telah mempengaruhi Mahathir untuk tekun belajar di sekolah.

Tun Dato’ Mahathir merupakan salah satu tokoh yang besar dalam bidang politik di Malaysia dan telah banyak memegang jawatan-jawatan penting, seperti ahli Dewan Rakyat (tahun 164 -1969), ahli Dewan Negara (tahun 1972 – 1974), Ketua Setiausaha ke-21 Pergerakan Negara-negara Berkecuali, Menteri Pendidikan (tahun 1974 – 1977), Menteri Pedagangan dan Industri (tahun 1978 – 1981), Menteri Pertahanan (tahun 1981 – 1986), Menteri Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri (tahun 1986 – 1999), Menteri Kewangan (tahun 2001 – 2003), Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia keempat (tahun 1976 – 1981), dan sebagai Perdana Menteri Malaysia keempat (tahun 1981 – 2003).

 

Devan Nair Chengara Veetil (tahun 1923 – 2005)

C.V. Devan Nair (1923 – 2005)]

C.V. Devan Nair (1923 – 2005)]

Lebih dikenali sebagai C.V. Devan Nair, merupakan Presiden ketiga Singapura. Dia dilahirkan pada 5 Ogos 1923 di Melaka kepada sebuah keluarga yang berasal dari Kerala, India. Semasa dia berusia sepuluh tahun, keluarganya telah berhijrah ke Singapura. Pada tahun 1954, C. V. Devan Nair telah menyertai Parti Tindakan Rakyat (PAP) yang diasaskan oleh Lee Kuan Yew, yang kemudiannya menjadi Perdana Menteri singapura dari tahun 1959 hingga 1990. Dari situ, dia menjadi seorang tokoh besar dalam politik Malaysia dan Singapura. Sepanjang hidupnya, dia telah menjawat pelbagai jawatan penting, seperti Ketua Setiausaha Parti Tindakan Demokratik di Malaysia (tahun 1965 – 1967), Ketua Setiausaha Parti Tindakan Rakyat Malaysia (1965), ahli Parlimen Malaysia bagi Bungsar, Selangor (tahun 1964 – 1969), dan akhirnya, sebagai Presiden ketiga Singapura dari tahun 1981 hingga 1985.

 

V.T. Sambanthan (tahun 1919 – 1979)

V. T. Sambanthan giving a garland of flowers to Tunku Abdul Rahman

V.T. Sambanthan menyerahkan kalungan bunga kepada Tunku Abdul Rahman

Tun Thirunyanasambanthan a/l Veerasamy, juga dikenali sebagi T. Sampatang, dilahirkan pada tahun 1919 di Sungai Siput, Perak. Dia merupakan Presiden kelima Kongres India Se-Malaysia (MIC) dari tahun 1955 hingga 1973 dan merupakan salah satu pemimpin yang memainkan peranan yang penting dalam gerakan kemerdekaan Malaysia. V.T. Sambanthan juga dianggap sebagai salah seorang bapa pengasas Malaysia bersama-sama dengan Tunku Abdul Rahman dan Tan Cheng Lock.

 
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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_Indian_cuisine

 
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    Tuesday, Jun 9. 2026 02:08 PM
    In Tibetan Buddhism Nageshvaraja and Loma Gyoma are two revered deities known for their roles in spiritual purification and deep healing. We are so fortunate having invited these Holy Statues to Kechara Forest Retreat. Awesome just by reciting the Mantra of Naga’s King Buddha who is one of the 35 Buddhas of Confession, one could purifies thousands of eons of one’s negative karma. When I visited Kechara Forest Retreat I will always take the opportunity to pay homage and circumambulate the holy statue of Buddha Nageshvaraja. Lhamo Loma Gyonma is one of the most efficacious healing deities. Lhamo Loma Gyonma’s tremendous ability known to be able to cure the most severe wide-spread contagious diseases . Awesome having these two powerful statues at Kechara Forest Retreat for everyone to pay homage. Going through those beautiful pictures again simply paints a thousand words.
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    Looking at those beautiful pictures of fish pond at Kechara Forest Retreat is awesome. With stunning Manjushri statue in the middle blessing those who circumambulate around it so as those fishes in the pond. All thanks to our Guru coming out with this awesome idea having a pond garden.
    Thank you Rinpoche sharing with us his personal 16 inch ‘Dream’ Manjushri. Merely by looking at it is a blessing . Very fortunate to see it.

    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/manjushri-on-a-pond.html
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    Revisit this interesting story of the headless nun. One of Canadian New Brunswick’s oldest ghost stories is the headless Catholic nun. Set in the wooded trails of French Fort Cove, about a French nun name Sister Marie who was decapitated by sailors trying to find buried treasure. According to folklore she had buried settler valuables and money in a secret location for safekeeping as entrusted. Sailors pressured her for the treasure’s location and she refused and she was beheaded. As the story goes that her spirit is said to forever roam the woods searching for her head. Scary lool.
    The ghost of Sister Marie has been haunting French Fort Cove since than for more than 200 years.
    Thank you Rinpoche for this sharing

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    John Blofeld was a British writer, public speaker, and Buddhist practitioner. Most of his writing were on Asian thought and religion, especially Taoism and Chinese Buddhism. After years of traveling through Asia and experiencing the spiritual culture of China and the Taoist eremites. He was a student of the Buddhist master Hsu Yun. and has written or translated several books . He had been a devoted Buddhist all of his life and his books had been instrumental in introducing Buddhism to the Western world.
    Thank you Rinpoche for this interesting and inspiring man.

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    We must have faith and confidence in our Guru. A guru is not someone who holds a torch for us, but someone who guides us to the light. A guru takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches our heart. Never deceive our Guru. Our Guru’s inspiration and strength have been the foundation of our learning. On this sacred day we express our eternal gratitude to our Guru. We should constantly keep our Guru in our heart, remembering his teachings, learning, practicing and transforming our mind.
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    Wat Phra Dhammakaya is a Buddhist temple in Khlong Luang district, a province north of Bangkok, Thailand. Founded in 1970 by the maechi Chandra Khonnokyoong and Luang Por Dhammajayo. Wat Phra Dhammakaya is the best-known and the fastest growing temple of the Dhammakaya tradition with a iconic dome-shaped Cetiya. Amazing it can housed millions and hundreds of Buddha statues interior and outside. Wat Phra Dhammakaya is best known for its immense size and modern design. Because of the sheer size temple, it will be impossible for visitors to explore the whole place in a day. Once a lifetime for anyone to meditate with hundreds of thousands of other people and the world has ever seen.
    Thank you Rinpoche for this post.

    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/travel/wat-phra-dhammakaya-worlds-largest-temple.html
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    Tuesday, May 26. 2026 12:28 PM
    Yamdrok Lake is shaped like a coral branch is one of the three sacred lakes in Tibet. Located near Nagarze County,Tibet above 4,441 meters. Due to the mythological surrounding by many snow-capped mountains and with numerous small streams ,forms a beautiful sacred lake. One of the belief that it is a transformation of a goddess. Many pilgrims and tourist visited this lake yearly. It’s a once a life time experience. I am fortunate to have a visiting this sacred lake years back.
    Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this interesting post , explaining the significance of Yamdrok Lake.

    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/sacred-yamdrok-yumtso-lake-the-abode-of-goddess-dorje-geg-kyi-tso.html
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    Tuesday, May 26. 2026 12:27 PM
    nspiring read. Lama Tsongkhapa an influential Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher and tantric yogi. Its Lama Tsongkhapa’s activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan .He fully dedicated to teaching, writing , founding many monasteries that greatly contributed to the revitalization of Buddhism in Tibet. He even undertook many long retreats, received vision of Nagarjuna and his five chief disciples. And gained direct realization on the ultimate truth, which he soon wrote the famous ‘Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha’. In another retreat he had vision of all Masters profound’ lineages from Buddha Shakyamuni to Atisha. Inspiring read of Lama Tsongkhapa who did four-year tantric retreat, he even performed 3,500,000 prostrations and 1,800,000 mandala offerings. It was Je Tsongkgapa that emphasis the importance of the preliminary practices.
    Thank you for this interesting and inspiring post.

    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/great-lamas-masters/tsongkhapa-lobzang-drakpa.html
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    Tuesday, May 26. 2026 12:25 PM
    The Yeti is a legendary, mythical creature deeply rooted in the folklore Himalayan regions of Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet and the Everest region. Since the 20th century, there’s many sightings of yeti footprints in the region. Back in April 2019, the Indian Army found footprints near the Makalu Base Camp. They claimed that those footprints belonged to the mythical Yeti. There is no confirmed scientific proof that the Yeti exists as an undiscovered species. I truly believed it exist. Despite centuries of stories, giant footprint claims, there is no scientific evidence that it physically exists. Climbers and local guides across the Himalayas has reported they did witnessed footprint too. Interesting read.
    Thank you Rinpoche.

    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/one-minute-story/indian-army-spots-evidence-of-yeti
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Fragrant organic Thai basil harvested from our very own Kechara Forest Retreat farm!
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On behalf of our Puja House team, Pastor Tat Ming receives food and drinks from Rinpoche. Rinpoche wanted to make sure the hardworking Puja House team are always taken care of.
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Third picture-Standing Manjushri Statue at Chowar, Kirtipur, Nepal. Height: 33ft (10m)
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Second picture-Standing Manjushri Statue at Chowar, Kirtipur, Nepal. Height: 33ft (10m)
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First picture-Standing Manjushri Statue at Chowar, Kirtipur, Nepal. Height: 33ft (10m)
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Mahapajapati Gotami, who was the first nun ordained by Lord Buddha.
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Mahapajapati Gotami, who was the first nun ordained by Lord Buddha. She was his step-mother and aunt. Buddha's mother had passed away at his birth so he was raised by Gotami.
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This is pretty amazing! First Sri Lankan Buddhist temple opened in Dubai!!!
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My Dharma boy (left) and Oser girl loves to laze around on the veranda in the mornings. They enjoy all the trees, grass and relaxing under the hot sun. Sunbathing is a favorite daily activity. I care about these two doggies of mine very much and I enjoy seeing them happy. They are with me always. Tsem Rinpoche Always be kind to animals and eat vegetarian- https://bit.ly/2Psp8h2
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Part 2-Beautiful billboard in Malaysia of a powerful Tibetan hero whose life serves as a great inspiration- https://bit.ly/2UltNE4
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Part 1-Beautiful billboard in Malaysia of a powerful Tibetan hero whose life serves as a great inspiration- https://bit.ly/2UltNE4
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The great Protector Manjushri Dorje Shugden depicted in the beautiful Mongolian style. To download a high resolution file: https://bit.ly/2Nt3FHz
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The Mystical land of Shambhala is finally ready for everyone to feast their eyes and be blessed. A beautiful post with information, art work, history, spirituality and a beautiful book composed by His Holiness the 6th Panchen Rinpoche. ~ https://bit.ly/309MHBi
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Beautiful pictures of the huge Buddha in Longkou Nanshan- https://bit.ly/2LsBxVb
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The reason-Very interesting thought- https://bit.ly/2V7VT5r
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NEW Bigfoot cafe in Malaysia! Food is delicious!- https://bit.ly/2VxdGau
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DON'T MISS THIS!~How brave Bonnie survived by living with a herd of deer~ https://bit.ly/2Lre2eY
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Global Superpower China Will Cut Meat Consumption by 50%! Very interesting, find out more- https://bit.ly/2V1sJFh
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You can download this beautiful Egyptian style Dorje Shugden Free- https://bit.ly/2Nt3FHz
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Beautiful high file for print of Lord Manjushri. May you be blessed- https://bit.ly/2V8mwZe
Mongolian (Oymiakon) Shaman in Siberia, Russia. That is his real outfit he wears. Very unique. TR
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Mongolian (Oymiakon) Shaman in Siberia, Russia. That is his real outfit he wears. Very unique. TR
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    SEE HOW THIS ANIMAL SERIAL KILLER HAS NO ISSUE BLUDGEONING THIS DEFENSELESS BEING.
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Before our session ended today, Pastor Henry transferred the blessings onto us through the blessings of His Eminence Tsem Tulku Rinpoche, Lama Tsongkhapa and Dorje Shugden. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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Kechara Pastor Henry was sharing Dharma with us and gave us much insights on how to continue practicing Dharma without giving up easily. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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Through the blessings from our Guru, His Eminence Tsem Tulku Rinpoche, Kechara Pastor Henry and Kechara Umze Frederick Law have lead us in Dorje Shugden puja in Ipoh today. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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23rd April had Dharma sharing and DORJE SHUGDEN Puja Kechara Kuantan Study Group Sam
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16th April evening had our weekly DORJE SHUGDEN Puja Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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Emily offered fresh tea on Tsem Tulku Rinpoche's shrine. May our Guru lives long with good health. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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Through the blessings from Tsem Tulku Rinpoche, Kechara Ipoh Study Group has completed our Dorje Shugden puja today. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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12th April having Anila with us Dharma sharing and DORJE SHUGDEN Puja Kechara Kuantan Study Group Sam kech
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19th March evening had our DORJE SHUGDEN Puja Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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15th March Blessings at grand opening Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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Throwback 5th March dharma sharing followed by DORJE SHUGDEN Puja.kechara Kuantan Study Group Sam
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26th February had our weekly DORJE SHUGDEN Puja. Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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Andrea Lai offered incense on behalf of all Kechara Ipoh members and friends. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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3 sets of Serkym were offered by Yee Mun and other member to Dorje Shugden prior to the puja. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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Kechara Ipoh Study Group has carried out Dorje Shugden puja in Ipoh on Sunday. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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Beautiful prayer wheels at Kuantan center Kechara Kuantan study group by Sam
Beautiful prayer wheels at Kuantan center. Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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Beautiful prayer wheels at Kuantan center. Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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5th February had Dharma sharing followed by DORJE SHUGDEN Puja at center Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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1 st February Yesterday blessed day cleaning of Gyenze Chapel Kechara Kuantan Study Group sam
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Throwback yesterday 1st February released about 100 birds back to nature.Kechara Kuantan Study Group Sam
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