The Batu Caves Gombak.

Here is the story about the religious caves for Indian in Malaysia. I went there to bring a group of people from Oceania, Europe,and USA during my practical at Tourism Malaysia Putrajaya, The event called "Aeromeet Travel Mart". Batu Caves are located outside the city of Kuala Lumpur called Gombak. It is about a 30 minute taxi ride assuming no traffic from Kuala Lumpur city to Batu Caves. This is one place all the travel guides say is a 'must see' when visiting Kuala Lumpur. At the site, there are many steps leading up the side of a mountain, which enters into large open-air limestone caves. The site has Indian religious site and has many temples and statues around. I have been back to this site once more with some visitors to the city. It is a neat place to visit.  There is also a 100% chance to see lots of monkeys, which is also exciting to most people (at least the first one or two that you encounter). Enjoy the caves!

Fact about The Batu Caves that we do not know.(Om Saravanabhava).

Batu Caves is an interesting place where it is made of 30 caves, but only a few caves are developed. The main caves are the Temple Cave, Dark Cave, Cave Villa and Ramayana Cave. The highest cave is called the Temple Cave. It has small shrines to Hindu gods and a Tamil-style Hindu temple. The Temple Cave has a vaulted ceiling of 100 meters high. Right above the cave is an opening where ones can see the cloud or the sun. A flight of 272 steps lead up to the Temple. The stairway is divided into sets of 17 steps which each lead to a landing.

Dark Cave is located just below Temple Cave. The entrance is located at step number 204 of the 272 steps leading up to Temple Cave. The cave is made of 2km of surveyed passage and has 7 chambers, each with its own special features for example the stalagmites, stalactites, flowstone, cave pearls, curtain, column, cave straws and other features. Some of these formations take thousands of years to grow.

Plants growing here make up an important part of the flora. One of the interesting plant found at the entrance of the Dark Cave is the Monophyllea "single leave plant". The plant consists of just a thick succulent stalk with a single large leaf at the end.

Cave Villa, with a total built-up area of approximately 50,000 sq feet was established in 1986.

Cave Villa is located at the main entrance, at the foot of the caves. Statues and wall paintings depicting Hindu deities and mythology are displayed here. The walk to the entrance is quite a pleasant experience through a lake and ponds filled with hundreds of colorful koi fish, river terrapins and tortoises. The entrance to the Cave Villa beckons good fortune with a koi pond leading to the outdoor gallery that features a 10.4m-long veenai (Indian classical musical instrument) and tranquil surrounding.

There are three indoor galleries, which are illuminated by colourful lights to set the mood. The first gallery, is the Valluvar Kottam, which is similar to the one in Chennai, India, where all 1,330 verses of the Thirukkural – the epic by the Tamil poet and saint Thiruvalluvar – are inscribed on the walls. The other two small caves which have individually themed displays, namely the Art Gallery and the Reptile Galore.

At the Valluvar Kottam, cave walls are covered with statuary exhibits, murals and inscriptions of Thiruvalluvar’s couplets. Thiruvalluvar is a great Indian Sage from Tamil Nadu who wrote 1,330 pthy couplets in Tamil touching every aspect of good conduct. The exhibits are used to illustrate relevant couplets from the Thiruvalluvar’s Thirukural, with two lines poem totaling 1330 literature that had been uniquely whittled on white marble stones.