Thaipusam is a Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Murugan (Kartikeya) celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (January/February). Murugan is the Hindu god of war and victory.

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Welcome to the popular Thaipusam festival at the Batu Caves . This, the largest Hindu event in the calendar, celebrates faith, endurance and penance and has been held just north of Kuala Lumpur since 1888.

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Batu caves is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India, dedicated to Lord Murugan. It is the focal point of Hindu festival of Thaipusam in Malaysia. To reach the caves you must climb 272 concrete steps up the …

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Run 7km and climb 272 steps at one of Hindu Malaysians' most holy sites, the Batu Caves .Once you get to the top, you're rewarded with a mystical scene inside the limestone caves, and at the entrance, a panoramic vista of …

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Run 7km and climb 272 steps at one of Hindu Malaysians' most holy sites, the Batu Caves .Once you get to the top, you're rewarded with a mystical scene inside the limestone caves, and at the entrance, a panoramic vista of …

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A guided through Dark Cave of Batu cave hills, Malaysia. Dark cave supports an unique animal life which are solely dependent on Guano (bat shit).

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On my flight from Seoul, Korea, to Kuala Lumpur, I made a wonderful new friend, Mohan. He invited Nancy and me for the day with his daughter, Anu, to visit the Batu Caves .

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Batu Caves is definitely on the Kuala Lumpur “must see” list. It's a large cave that opens out into large space that is open to the sky but enclosed by rock. There are a number of Hindu statues scattered around

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Thaipusam : Masochistic Mayhem in Malaysia – Steps to the Batu Caves, with the world's I've mentioned a few times how, although I do travel mostly without plans, I also do so within a loosely scheduled framework – certain dates by which I …

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