The Batu Caves are one of Malaysia’s most popular tourist attractions. They serve as a religious site for Hindu worshippers and are the focal point of the annual Thaipusam festival every year.

It was customary for them to build temples for their patron deity Murugan wherever they settled outside India — such as in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia ... of the Batu Caves temple in 1888 ...

GOMBAK: Seven roads around Batu Caves will be closed in stages from ... and obtain approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia,” he said. - Bernama ...

Instead of climbing up a long flight of 272 steps, visitors to Batu Caves in Selangor can look forward to an easier way to reach the main cave temple at the top. An escalator will be built at the ...

The Malaysian government said it would install an escalator at the famous Batu Caves as an alternative for those unwilling to climb the 272 steps to the top of the main shrine. R Nadarajah, the temple ...

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BATU CAVES, Selangor - Hundreds of thousands of Hindus flocked to temples across Malaysia to celebrate the Thaipusam festival on Feb 11, with many piercing their bodies with hooks and skewers in ...

The skies will be mostly cloudy. The high will reach 94° on this humid day. Moderate air quality (51-100) Primary pollutant O₃ 101 μg/m³ Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere ...

The man, who stays in Singapore, visited Malaysia’s Batu Caves with his brother and carried him up the stairs to celebrate Thaipusam. Also, instead of wearing a traditional canopy kavadi ...

BATU CAVES, Malaysia — Hundreds of thousands of Hindus flocked to temples across Malaysia to celebrate the Thaipusam festival on Tuesday, with many piercing their bodies with hooks and skewers in acts ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds from WSW to SSW. The overnight low will be 78 °F (25.6 °C). Cloudy with a high of 91 °F (32.8 °C) and a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph) ...