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Batu Caves 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 .
Batu, officially the City of Batu (Indonesian: Kota Batu, Javanese: ꦏꦸꦛꦧꦠꦸ), is a city in the East Java Province of Indonesia. It is about 20 km to the northwest of Malang . Formerly, it was a part of Malang Regency ; but in June 2001, Batu became an independent city (by Act No. 11 of 2001), with its own mayor and council .
Batu Caves (Chinese: 峇都喼, Tamil: பத்துமலை) is a mukim and town in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. Named after the limestone caves and Hindu shrine Batu Caves , the town is experiencing an increase in residences due to a housing boom in the center of the city.
The Batu Pahat Well. The Batu Pahat Well (Malay: Perigi Batu Pahat) is a historic well at the village of Minyak Beku, Batu Pahat District, Johor, Malaysia.It was allegedly built during the 15th century by fleeing Siamese soldiers from the Malacca Sultanate, who chiselled the rocks around it in search of water. [1]
Batu Caves Murugan statue (Tamil: முருகன் சிலை; Bahasa Malaysia: Tugu Dewa Murugga), is a 42.7 metres (140 ft) tall statue of the Hindu god Murugan at Batu Caves in Selangor, Malaysia. [1] [2] It is the tallest statue in Malaysia and the second tallest Murugan statue in the world [3] [4] (after the Kailashnath Mahadev ...
The Malang Metropolitan area (Greater Malang) was home to 3,663,691 inhabitants in 2010, spread across two cities (Malang itself and Batu) and 22 districts (21 in Malang Regency and one in Pasuruan Regency). [7] Malang is the third largest city by economy in East Java, after Surabaya and Kediri, with an estimated 2016 GDP at Rp. 44.30 trillion. [8]
The Batu Pahat District is a district in the state of Johor, Malaysia. It lies southeast of Muar , southwest of Kluang , northwest of Pontian , south of Segamat and Tangkak District . The capital of the district is Bandar Penggaram .
The name combines words from three languages: agop in Sungai language means "cave", batu is the Malay word for "rock", while tulug comes from the Cebuano language (carrying the same meaning as in the Sungai language) where it means "to go to sleep" [1] referring to the resting place of the dead.