My nephew Keefe Whatsapped this picture of the stature of Lord Murugan to me. He visited Batu Caves with his pals recently. As a Malaysian, I am ashamed to say that I have ye to visit the Batu Caves Temple. Yeah! Must try and make it a point to go in future.
Information gleaned from the Internet has it that the Batu Caves are a series of spectacular 400 million year old chambers beneath limestone hills just 30 minutes north of Kuala Lumpur. At the mouth of the cave complex, an enormous gold statue of Lord Murugan stands guard; at almost 43 meters in height, it is the worlds largest statue of this beloved Hindu deity. Visitors access the caves via an imposing staircase of 272 steps, each one individually numbered.
Standing at 42.7 m (140 ft) high, the world’s tallest statue of Murugan, a Hindu deity, is located outside Batu Caves, near the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The statue, which cost approximately 24 million rupees, is made of 1550 cubic metres of concrete, 250 tonnes of steel bars and 300 litres of gold paint brought in from neighbouring Thailand.
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Standing at 42.7 m (140 ft) high, the world’s tallest statue of Murugan, a Hindu deity, is located outside Batu Caves, near the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The statue, which cost approximately 24 million rupees, is made of 1550 cubic metres of concrete, 250 tonnes of steel bars and 300 litres of gold paint brought in from neighbouring Thailand.
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2 comments:
Batu Caves are way overrated. I've been there several times and I couldn't never figure out why I kept going back. On the other hand, I haven't seen Lord Murugan.
Just as an aside the British stored poison gas in the caves to counter their use by the Japanese (who used gas in the Battle of Changsha in China) though this was later removed.
Wow! I am a Malaysian and I haven't been even once but you have been several times. Embarrassed I am. Thanks for the info about the poison gas.
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