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Batu Caves (Tamil: பத்து மலை, romanized: Pathu malai) is a mogote with a series of limestone caves in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located about 13 km (8.1 mi) north of the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. The cave complex contains many Hindu temples, the most popular of which is a shrine dedicated to the deity Murugan.
The Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Temple, also known as the Waterfall Hilltop Temple, is a Hindu temple within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. [1] Dedicated to Lord Murugan, the hilltop temple, with its seven-storey 21.6 m-tall gopuram (main tower), has been touted as the largest Lord Murugan temple outside India.
Its dramatic 61 m (200 ft) high and 244 m (801 ft) wide entrance and stalactite columns make it one of the most spectacular cave entrances in the world. [70] The caves are home to the region’s oldest human remains, including the so-called Deep Skull, confirmed to be at least 65,000 years old and the earliest evidence of Homo sapiens (modern ...
On the territory of today's Afghanistan, Persian-influenced cave temples developed on a large scale in and around the Bamiyan valley with its side valleys Kakrak and Foladi (Koh-i-Baba mountains, since 2nd century, about 20. 000 caves), near Haibak in Bactria (Hazar Sam, since 2nd century, about 200 caves) as well as near Jalalabad (Haddah ...
The caves were used 500 to 900 years ago as a burial place with about 125 carved wooden coffins inside. [3] It was divided into three main caves, namely Agop Sawat (upper cave), Agop Lintanga (middle cave) and Agop Suriba (lower cave). The caves at Agop Sawat and Lintanga contained more than 125 ancient log coffins. [3]
It is a special festival event for the local Ida'an villagers, [6] [7] who have held the rights to Madai Caves for over 20 generations. [8] Although the Ida'an are the major producer, the community are not a consumer with the bird nest will be sold to a middlemen who in turn supply to consumers in Hong Kong and Singapore. [9]
Sri Subramanyar Temple at the Batu Caves in Malaysia is dedicated to Murugan, who is depicted in a 42.7-meter-high statue at the entrance, one of the largest Murugan statues in the world. [147] [148] There are some other temples in Malaysia such as Balathandayuthapani Temple and Nattukkottai Chettiar Temple, Marathandavar Temple and Kandaswamy ...
Simud Hitam ("Black Cave") is the more accessible of the two caves, only a few minutes' walk from the entrance building, and it is open to the general public. Its ceiling can reach 40–60 m (130–200 ft) high. It is the source of the less-valuable "black saliva" nests. These contain both feathers and saliva and require cleaning afterwards.