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Batu Caves

Cave system in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia

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About Batu Caves

A limestone hill temple complex, reached by 272 rainbow-coloured steps.

Batu Caves are a series of limestone caves in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located on a 325 m–tall mogote, about 13 km north of the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. The cave complex contains many Hindu temples, the most popular of which is a shrine dedicated to Murugan, and is the focal point of the Tamil Hindu festival of Thaipusam in Malaysia. The complex hosts a 43 m tall Murugan statue, amongst the tallest Murugan statues in the world.

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