Batu Caves was always at the top of my list of the places I wanted to see in KL. The Lord Murugan's golden statue standing royally at 140-150ft (tallest in the world) has been attracting tourists from all over the world ever since it was erected.
Last time I was in KL, it was Thaipusam and I did not dare go there as I knew there would be hordes of devotees visiting the temple and it would be a nightmare for me to tolerate the crowd. So I skipped the tour but this time there was nothing stopping me!!
We were staying at Quality hotel and it was near to the train station Bandaraya, so we walked up to Bank Negara which was an interconnecting station to Bandaraya and then took the KTM Komuter train to Batu Caves which took approx 30mins. Check this for the train map in KL.
Once we got down and before entering the place, there were few shops on the pedestrian selling food, hats, Malaysia souvenirs and also mini statues and clay moldings of Hindu Gods and Goddesses.
I cant say they sell for cheap but there were vendors selling Indian Sweets, so if anyone up for a sweet tooth can really buy one and taste the different varieties of sweets available.
As soon as we enter(no entry fee thankfully but to Ramayana caves and museum i guess you need to pay), there are 2 temples and a huge Lord Hanuman statue leading to the Ramayana Caves.
There it was, the worlds tallest Murugan's statue. I guess its just golden paint and obviously not made out of gold. Standing there and observing the workmanship just took away all the time. No wonder people come from all over the world, not matter what religion or what race to come and admire the beauty of man's creation. Well, nature too has a huge role to play in this tourist attraction...the caves.
Coming from India, seeing Ajanta and Ellora caves so many times, I obviously didn't get super exhilarated to see the limestone caves but each place has its own beauty and so did Batu Caves.
The beauty of these caves, dated some millions of years old, were that they were situated atleast 100m above sea level and to get there one has to climb 300 steep steps.
As it is a Hindu religious place and there was a temple situated inside the caves, there was a board requesting people to dress appropriately.
(I wonder why people were not asked to remove shoes)
Anyways it was an easy climb up, but there were a lot of monkeys up in the caves and people stopped by to snap some pictures of even the monkeys:)
The view from above...just loved the detailing of the garland adorned over the statue. Kudos to all the craftsmen who worked to create the marvel(heard they took 3 years to create it).
Finally after climbing the steps, we reached the entrance of the caves and the work of nature did not fail to awe us. The Caves were beautiful and the few places where sunlight gave way into the dark caves was splendid.
There was a small temple situated inside the caves, which was apparently the main temple.
There was another passage into some other caves just beside the main caves and there were some programs going one, some guided trip into the dark caves and some educational programs apparently telling the history of the place and the engineering of the statue and maybe the composition of the caves. Didnt go for it but did hear from few of the tourists that it was worth the money and time. Will plan next time.
There were apparently two more caves and a museum and gallery at the base of the hill. Didn't have the time to check those out but all in all it was a trip worth the time.
Last time I was in KL, it was Thaipusam and I did not dare go there as I knew there would be hordes of devotees visiting the temple and it would be a nightmare for me to tolerate the crowd. So I skipped the tour but this time there was nothing stopping me!!
We were staying at Quality hotel and it was near to the train station Bandaraya, so we walked up to Bank Negara which was an interconnecting station to Bandaraya and then took the KTM Komuter train to Batu Caves which took approx 30mins. Check this for the train map in KL.
Once we got down and before entering the place, there were few shops on the pedestrian selling food, hats, Malaysia souvenirs and also mini statues and clay moldings of Hindu Gods and Goddesses.
I cant say they sell for cheap but there were vendors selling Indian Sweets, so if anyone up for a sweet tooth can really buy one and taste the different varieties of sweets available.
As soon as we enter(no entry fee thankfully but to Ramayana caves and museum i guess you need to pay), there are 2 temples and a huge Lord Hanuman statue leading to the Ramayana Caves.
And then after visiting and worshiping the Gods in the temple we move ahead to be amazed...
Coming from India, seeing Ajanta and Ellora caves so many times, I obviously didn't get super exhilarated to see the limestone caves but each place has its own beauty and so did Batu Caves.
The beauty of these caves, dated some millions of years old, were that they were situated atleast 100m above sea level and to get there one has to climb 300 steep steps.
As it is a Hindu religious place and there was a temple situated inside the caves, there was a board requesting people to dress appropriately.
(I wonder why people were not asked to remove shoes)
Anyways it was an easy climb up, but there were a lot of monkeys up in the caves and people stopped by to snap some pictures of even the monkeys:)
The view from above...just loved the detailing of the garland adorned over the statue. Kudos to all the craftsmen who worked to create the marvel(heard they took 3 years to create it).
There was another passage into some other caves just beside the main caves and there were some programs going one, some guided trip into the dark caves and some educational programs apparently telling the history of the place and the engineering of the statue and maybe the composition of the caves. Didnt go for it but did hear from few of the tourists that it was worth the money and time. Will plan next time.
There were apparently two more caves and a museum and gallery at the base of the hill. Didn't have the time to check those out but all in all it was a trip worth the time.
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