10/06/2014
From the Royal Selangor Pewter Factory, we returned to our van and moved on to nearby Batu Caves, a series of caves and cave within a limestone hill. One of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India, the , discovered in 1892, are located 13 kms. (7 miles) from Outside the main cave is the world’s tallest statue of (a Hindu deity for whom the temple is dedicated), standing at 42.7 m. (140.09 ft.) high. Costing nearly 24 million rupees, it is made of 1,550 cu. m. of concrete, 250 tons of steel bars and 300 liters (800 gallons) of gold paint brought in from neighboring . Visit SK & Travels : http://bit.ly/1icnk7Q