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.

Batu Caves, located just outside of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, are sacred for Hindus across the world, but also have issues with cheeky monkeys and piles of rubbish ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Thaipusam is marked with particular zest in multicultural Malaysia, a Muslim-majority nation where ethnic Indians make up about seven percent of the 34 million population. Thaipusam is one of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Batu Caves (Malaysia) (AFP) – Hundreds of thousands of Hindus flocked to temples across Malaysia to celebrate the Thaipusam festival Tuesday, with many piercing their bodies with hooks and ...