If the Twin Towers "Petronas", the oceanarium, singing fountains, mosques, Chinese temples and others, for the most part architectural, attractions that are located within the city of Kuala Lumpur, you have already seen, then I recommend to visit a very interesting place that is Its limits. Thirty kilometers from the city are sacred for Hindus - the cave Batu.
In order to visit the caves, you can buy a sightseeing tour in any travel agency, it is worth such a tour from forty to sixty dollars. If you want to listen to the text of the excursion in Russian, be sure to check about the presence of such an opportunity, as everything is not easy with Russian-speaking guides in Malaysia. We prefer to travel on our own, as you do not like to depend on the group, the program of excursion (with a check-in to shops), well, the cost savings are also important - after all, they can be spent on new travels. Batu's caves get to get very simple - on the modern comfortable metro station Kuala Lumpur. A stop on which you need to go out is called Batu Caves, this is the end station of the KTM Komuter branch, which is designated in red in the diagrams of the metro lines.
The entrance to the cave Batu protects the huge statue of Murugan, the god of war, the second Son of Shiva and Parvati. The main goal of the birth of Murugan was a victory over the demon, Surapadas, who could only defeat the Siva.
With its task, Murugan coped brilliantly, for which we read many centuries with Hindus, especially grateful of whom gave him a very specific way - suspended on hooks, stunned directly into the body of a proper gift. The statue of Murugan is covered with a special gold paint, which was delivered directly to this case from Thailand.
In order to achieve the caves, you need to overcome a large number of steps (in my opinion, about three hundred). In addition, this in itself is quite tedious, so also arrogant monkeys, which I personally fear a little, strive to make the rise even more tedious. It is categorically not recommended to tease monkeys, especially food, try to stroke them - it can provoke their aggression, a monkey can bite, which is very dangerous, because these animals are carriers and human diseases, for example, hepatitis.
The cave complex of Batu consists of three halls - a temple cave, a dark cave, and a small hall, where the art gallery is located. The temple cave is a subterranean temple where ritual acts are carried out by servants and visitors. The dark cave is very impressive by its beauty and unusualness of the underground kingdom of stalactitis and stagmatites. The Gallery of Arts presents paintings, paintings, figurines telling about the life and exploits of Murugun.