Feb 10, 2025 · As Thaipusam coincides with the school holidays this year, both the Batu Caves temple and Penang's Waterfall Hilltop Temple are preparing to receive over 1.5 million devotees each. Meanwhile, the Kallumalai Arulmigu Subramaniar Temple in Ipoh is expecting over 350,000 devotees and tourists.

3 days ago · The ritual offering carrying a pot of milk, known as “kavadi,” is a central part of the Thaipusam celebration at Batu Caves. It symbolizes the devotee’s willingness to bear the weight of their faith and burdens for Lord Murugan. With his muscles rippling with strain, a burly devotee carries an ornate metal kavadi structure upon his ...

Jan 3, 2024 · First celebrated at the Batu Caves in 1888, the Thaipusam Festival has been taking place on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur for more than 130 years. It has become one of the most significant Thaipusam Festivals in Malaysia.

Feb 9, 2025 · For many years, the Thaipusam parade of the chariot carrying Lord Murugan has started in the Sri Mahamariaman Temple in Kuala Lumpur and ends at Batu Caves. Thousands of worshippers climb the stairway to reach the shrine in the cave above, which is 272 steps high, as soon as the chariot arrives.

Nov 28, 2024 · The main Batu Caves festival is for the annual celebration of Thaipusam, a major Hindu event. It’s a three day festival which occurs in late January or early February with processions and many, many pilgrims.

Feb 3, 2023 · Located 13 kilometres north of Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves is a limestone outcrop comprising a series of caves, within one of which is the Sri Subramaniar Temple, a sight to behold with stalactites that shimmer when the sun streams through the opening.

Mar 7, 2024 · Due to its religious and historical significance, Batu Caves is the centre point for Thaipusam in KL. This sacred site, nestled just outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, contains a complex of cave temples devoted to Lord Murugan, a key deity in Hinduism and the principal focus of Thaipusam festivities.

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.It is …

Jan 28, 2011 · It is a sacred Hindu Festival and the best place to experience Thaipusam for first-time attendees is in Kuala Lumpur where the largest congregation of people will converge for a three-day festival at the Batu Caves.

Oct 1, 2018 · Built in the heart of a great limestone cavern cut into a hill in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, the Batu Caves temple complex is a unique sight, while, in a way, resembling Murugan’s pilgrimage sites in South India.