Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia.
Channel: Fritids Tur
Date: 11/10/2016

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1. Batu Caves, located near the Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia. Batu Caves is easily reached by commuter train at Batu Caves Komuter station, which costs RM 4.4 for a one-way journey from KL Sentral subway station. Batu Caves is situated very close to the station and is free for entrance.
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2. 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 Sungai Batu (Batu River), which flows past the hill, and also it is the tenth limestone hill from Ampang. Batu Caves is also the name of a nearby village. The limestone forming Batu Caves is said to be around 400 million years old.
The cave is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India, and is dedicated to Lord Murugan. It is the focal point of Hindu festival of Thaipusam in Malaysia.
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3. In 1890, Thamboosamy Pillai installed the murti (consecrated statue) of Sri Murugan Swami inside the cave that is today known as the Temple Cave. Wooden steps up to the Temple Cave were built in 1920 and than have been replaced by 272 concrete steps, that have to be climbed by the visitors. The largest and best known of the various cave temples that comprise the site, is the Temple Cave, so named because it houses several Hindu shrines beneath its high vaulted ceiling.
Rising almost 100 m above the ground, the Batu Caves temple complex consists of three main caves and a few smaller ones. The biggest, referred to as Cathedral Cave or Temple Cave, has a very high ceiling and features ornate Hindu shrines. 
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4. The 42.7-metre (140 ft) high statue of Lord Murugan was unveiled in January 2006, having taken 3 years to build. It is the tallest Lord Murugan statue in the world.
The complex was renovated and opened as the Cave Villa in 2008.
Batu caves is well known for its numerous macaques, which visitors feed — sometimes involuntarily. 
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5. There is Dark Cave Below the Temple Cave, with rock formations and a number of animals found nowhere else, including some unique species, such as Liphistiidae spiders and Eonycteris and fruit bats. It is a two-kilometer network of relatively untouched caverns. Stalactites jutting from the cave's ceiling and stalagmites rising from the floor form intricate formations such as cave curtains, flow stones, cave pearls and scallops which took thousands of years to form. The Malaysian Nature Society organises regular educational and adventure trips to the Dark Caves.
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