The History of Batu Caves

The History of Batu Caves The Batu Caves is wholly made up of limest unity, as we brook see when we are inside the weaken or even driving on the highway crossing Batu Caves. The limestone is said to be around cd million historic period old the limestone forming Batu Caves is. Some of the cave entrances were utilise as shelters by the native people. Batu Caves became noted only after the limestone hills were recorded by colonial authorities including Daly and Syers as sound as American Naturalist, William Hornaday in 1878.The tale of Batu Caves all started in the year of 1891 when Mr. K. Thamboosamy Pillai, who were one of the founders that also founded the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Dhevasthanam, Kuala Lumpur, on go across of that he send his associates that is Sri Thiruvengadam Pillai and Sri Kanthapa Thevar to do a research for an suitable place of pietism for Lord Sri Murugan. It was in that year, that the influential descending(prenominal) of Indian immigrants from Tam il Nadu, India, Mr.K. Thamboosamy Pillai installed the murti or vest idol of Lord Murugan in the 400 ft high Temple Cave. At the following year ahead, the Thaipusam festival in the Tamil month of Thai during the month of January to February has been celebrated there as the yearly festival of Batu Caves. In addition to that, the travel to go up the Batu Caves was all wooden steps up an it was built in the year of 1920 and have since been replaced by 272 cover steps.