Batu Caves

E258900

Batu Caves is a famous Hindu temple complex and limestone hill with large cave shrines and a towering golden Murugan statue, located just outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Batu Caves canonical 7
Batu Caves Murugan Temple 1
Batu Caves branch 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu temple complex
cave temple
limestone cave
limestone hill
statue
tourist attraction
accessibleBy KTM Komuter train
linked to: KTM Komuter
accessibleFrom Kuala Lumpur Sentral
celebratedAt Batu Caves
country Malaysia
dedicatedTo Murugan
entranceArea large plaza
geologicalFormation limestone
hasArchitectureStyle Dravidian architecture
hasConservationAspect cave ecosystem protection
hasFeature cave shrines
colorful stairway
limestone cliffs
hasManagement Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Dhevasthanam Kuala Lumpur
hasMural Ramayana-themed murals
hasPart Art Gallery Cave
Dark Cave
Museum Cave
linked to: Art Gallery Cave

Ramayana Cave
Temple Cave
hasReligiousAffiliation Hinduism
hasStatue Lord Murugan statue
hasWildlife long-tailed macaques
height about 42.7 metres
limestoneAge about 400 million years
locatedAt Batu Caves
Batu Caves
Batu Caves
locatedIn Gombak District
linked to: Gombak
locatedNear Kuala Lumpur
mainCaveName Temple Cave
majorFestival Thaipusam
material concrete
gold paint
steel
nearRiver Sungai Batu
numberOfStepsToMainTemple 272
religiousTradition Tamil Hindu
state Selangor
touristPopularity one of Malaysia's most popular Hindu shrines outside India
usedFor religious worship
rock climbing
tourism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kuala Lumpur hasLandmark Batu Caves
Murugan majorTemple Batu Caves Murugan Temple
linked to: Batu Caves
Thaipusam majorCelebrationSite Batu Caves
Lord Murugan statue locatedAt Batu Caves
subject linked to: Batu Caves
Temple Cave locatedAt Batu Caves
subject linked to: Batu Caves
Dark Cave locatedAt Batu Caves
subject linked to: Batu Caves
Thaipusam celebratedAt Batu Caves
subject linked to: Batu Caves
KTM Komuter hasLine Batu Caves branch
linked to: Batu Caves