Batu Caves Dark Cave

The terrace by the dark cave see below offers superb views of central kl even on a hazy day.

Batu caves dark cave. You can do the same but first let me explain what attractions you can expect at batu caves. Cave villa two separate caves 4. A colossal gold painted statue of murugan made from reinforced concrete and 140 feet 42 7 metres in height stands near the base of a flight of 272 steps. As visitors climb the steps they are frequently accosted by macaques begging aggressively for food.

These attractions are temple cave or cathedral cave dark cave cave villa and ramayana cave. Temple cave or cathedral cave. The cave is one of the most popular hindu shrines outside india and is dedicated to lord murugan. The batu caves are located within a high limestone outcropping.

The name batu derives from rock fitting for a massive 2 km wide and 329 m high limestone hill that rises just north of kuala lumpur. Dark cave conservation site batu caves temple complex jalan batu caves off mrr2 batu caves 68100 malaysia 60 12 371 5001. Outside is a very large statue the largest statue in malaysia of the hindu deity lord murugan painted in gold and standing at 42 7 meters or 140 feet high. There was just a note on the gate and i think that the dark cave is closed until further notice.

The five batu caves are. Fauna of the dark cave batu caves kuala lumpur malaysia1 by h. The town nearby is named after the batu caves limestone formation. I arrived to batu caves on the 28th of january only to find out that the dark cave had been closed on the 27th.

It also has a prominent sign which everyone seems to ignore requesting that people not feed the monkeys. There are 4 main attractions at batu caves which is a limestone hill riddled with caves. On there facebook page they have written a little bit more about why. Near the cupolas of the batu cave complex there is an imposing 140 feet tall statue of lord murugan.

However temple cave is just one of five batu caves. The hill was originally known as kapal tanggang from the legend of si tanggang. There is another cave known as the dark cave en route to temple cave. It is the focal point of the hindu festival of thaipusam in malaysia.

One of the features of batu caves are the cheeky macaques stuffing a variety of food into their mouths. These limestone caves house a hindu temple and shrines. Elliott mcclure2 boo liat lim3 and sarah e. Batu caves is a limestone hill that has a series of caves and cave temples in gombak selangor malaysia.

It takes its name from the malay word batu meaning rock.