The Thaipusam ritualistic event occurs 13 kilometres outside the Malaysian capital city, Kuala Lumpur in a sacred Hindu shrine called the Batu Caves. The festival of Thaipusam was brought to Malaysia in the 1800s, when …

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Batu Caves , Malaysia The Batu Caves are a series of chambers beneath limestone hills and date back to as many as 400 million years ago. At the base of the caves lies a giant 140-foot golden statue of Lord Murugan, the …

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Timing couldn’t have been more perfect. By accident we arrived in George Town, Malaysia, the day before Thaipusam , one of the busiest times in this UNESCO World Heritage city. No wonder we had such a hard time finding  …

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Murugan statue at Batu Caves – Malaysia. Batu Caves is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India and features the worlds largest statue Lord Murugan

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Batu caves are located 13km North from Kuala Lumpur. It looked for me actually as a part of the city.

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From Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia we will be driving to the northern province of Pahang, to the Cameron Highlands, but before getting out of the city, we are dropping by at the Batu Caves which is outside of the city already but is  …

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Yesterday was a very exciting day. We went to the Batu Caves, where a baby monkey jumped on my back and tried to get inside my camera bag. It was awesome

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Honored by over 1 million devotees in Kuala Lumpur (along with thousands of tourists), they begin at a temple near the city center and proceed, by foot, to the Batu Caves , about 15 kilometers away. Once there, they climb the ..

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This week's #FriFotos theme is 'Gold' and the first thing that came to mind was the Lord Murugan Statue at Batu Caves in Malaysia. Located just north of Kuala Lumpur, this Hindu statue is the world's largest of Murugan at a …

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