Kuala Lumpur Batu Caves is a limestone hill, which has a series of caves and cave temples, placed in Gombak territory, 13 kilometers (8.1 miles) north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It derives its name from the river Sungai Batu or Batu, which flows past the hill. Batu Caves is as well the name of the nearby settlement.
The cave is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India, dedicated to Lord Murugan. It is the focal point of the Hindu festival of Thaipusam in Malaysia.
The limestone Batu Caves is said to be the training of some 400 million years. Some of the entrances to the caves were exploited as shelters for the indigenous peoples Temu (tribe of Orang Asli).
The increase of nearly 100 m above the ground, Batu Caves temple complex consists of three caves and a little less. The largest, called the Cathedral Cave or Temple Cave, has a ceiling of 100 meters high, and features ornate Hindu temples. To get at that place, visitors must mount a long series of 272 measures.
There are several undeveloped caves, where the range of cave fauna, including some unique species like spiders and bats and Liphistiidae Eonycteris Rousettus. The place is as well known for its numerous Macaque monkeys, which visitors feed – sometimes involuntarily. These monkeys can also lead to a danger of biting tourists (especially children), because they can be very territorial.
Batu Caves is also the center of rock climbing development in Malaysia for the past 10 years. Batu Caves offers more than 160 climbing routes. The courses are scattered around the side of Batu Caves, which consists of limestone hills rising to 150 m. The climbing routes easily that most of the rocks begin to surface.
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