MORE than 200 young men and women volunteered to take part in the Uthavum Karangal programme to help disabled devotees complete their prayers at Batu Caves ... were helped up the 272 steps.

A year later, in 1892, the first Thaipusam at Batu Caves was celebrated. The next part of the video said the iconic 272-step staircase was ... These cases were later broken up for scrap.” ...