Pay a holy visit to Batu Caves in Malaysia

Do you know that Malaysia, which is situated in the southeastern part of Asia, is home to a great number of points of tourist interest? If not, today, we are here to tell you about this. Lovingly called  ‘Truly Asia’, this beautiful nation is regarded as one of the top tourist destinations in the world. Each year, thousands and thousands of honeymoon couples, holiday vacationers and backpackers from every nook and corner of the world escape to this destination for taking the enjoyment of the tour. For making the tour of this destination easy, comfortable and convenient, Malaysia Tour Packages with Best Price are specially designed by Sharp Holidays, one of the leading tour and travel operators of India as well as the world.

Batu Caves

Situated at Wang Shu in the Gombak district in the Selangor state of Malaysia, the Batu Caves, which owns a series of cave temples and caves, is a limestone hill in this tourist destination. Being the 10^th limestone hill from Ampang, these caves were named after the Sungai Batu (Stone River), flowing past the hill. It is notable that Batu Caves is also the name of a village situated nearby it.

Being the focal point of the Hindu festival of Thaipusam in the country of Malaysia, this ancient cave, which is dedicated to Lord Murugan (Lord Kartikeya – the God of War), is counted among the most famous Hindu shrines outside India. Literally ‘10^th Caves or Hill’ for Lord Muruga, Batu Caves, which has been built in 1891 A.D. in the style of Tamil architecture, is one of the 10 significant sacred shrines, situated in India as well as Malaysia. The Batu Cave temple complex is located at an average altitude of 100 m above the ground.  

Boasting of being the largest and well renowned temple cave in the world, the limestone forming Batu Caves is supposed to be around 400 million years old.

Lord Murugan Statue

Outside the Batu Caves, you would find the giant Lord Murugan Statue. Boasting of being the tallest statue in Malaysia, it is the 2^nd tallest statue of a Hindu deity and tallest Murugan (Lord Kartikeya – the God of War) statue in the world. Having its height of 42.7 m (140 ft), this huge statue, which took the long period of 3 years in its construction, was unveiled on January 2006 A.D. on the auspicious occasion of Thaipusam festival. The material, which was applied to build this huge statue, was 350 tons of steel bars, 1,550 cubic m of concrete and 300 litres of gold paint.

Thus, we can rightly say that the Batu caves are a must visit during the tour of Malaysia. In case of being willing to take the fine glimpse of this point of tourist interest, you can book Malaysia Holiday Package from Delhi. All of these tour packages, which are available at reasonable prices, can also be customized as per the requirement of the clients.