Exploring the biggest Hindu temple in Malaysia 🇲🇾

A visit to Kuala Lumpur isn't complete if you didn't bring a visit to the Batu Caves Hindu temples just north of the city. We'll hop on a commuter train that will bring us virtually to the entrance of the temple complex and spend most of our time climbing all those 272 steps towards the biggest shrine at the location. And as waiting over an hour for a train isn't really an option, we just take a car from a ride-hail app instead.

Batu Caves is a limestone hill that has a series of caves and cave temples in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. It takes its name from the Malay word batu, meaning 'rock'. The hill was originally known as Kapal Tanggang from the legend of Si Tanggang. The town nearby is named after the Batu Caves limestone formation. The cave is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India, and is dedicated to Lord Murugan. It is the focal point of the Tamil festival of Thaipusam in Malaysia.

Batu Caves in short also referred as 10th Caves or Hill for Lord Murugan as there are six important holy shrines in India and four more in Malaysia. The three others in Malaysia are Kallumalai Temple in Ipoh, Tanneermalai Temple in Penang and Sannasimalai Temple in Malacca.

Material in this video was shot in April 2022.

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00:00 - Going there
01:22 - All those steps
04:08 - Heading home

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