Went for a climb yesterday!
I went for a climb in Batu Caves which has 272 steps to the top. It was a twenty minute trek up. Monlam and SP came along with me.
Batu Caves is a very beautiful Hindu Temple in the caves. The caves are huge and they have nice Indian veg restaurants nearby. It is a huge tourist attraction. I love Hindu temples as I can feel so much devotion, faith and effort from the people who go to worship. The temples themselves are so beautiful… I love the holy images inside representing the many facets of divinity… stunning… I really love the way Indian people worship..so rich and a 5,000 year tradition alive and well. Wonderful.
Many people go to pay respects, climb the stairs for health and also enjoy the beautiful Indian-Malaysian culture.
Last night we witnessed a tradtional Hindu wedding by chance with the groom, bride, family… it was such a treat to see such a rich culture alive today and in the temple. Hindu weddings are so spiritual as everything is done in the temple. I felt honoured to witness a ceremony of spirituality and love.
Tsem Rinpoche
Lord Murugan’s statue at Batu Caves (June 22, 2011)
Me and Monlam… He was very helpful as I climbed down the 272 steps…
Sp also very helpful and we fed dogs nearby after our walk up and down.
Reaching the top after 272 steps
Having a cooling coconut juice in the vegetarian restaurant after climbing up and down 272 steps! Nearby the caves and temples are nice friendly restaurants…..
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Went the next day again and called a few people to join me…..
Here we are again and with friends….
James…. healthy and fit for the climb
Jean Mei, Seng Piow, Me, Monlam, Jean Ai and Paris (Jamie Khoo)…
They just effortlessly climbed up the 272 flights of stairs to the top chatting, laughing, joking and no shortness of breath whatsoever… while me, it was the opposite… hehehe… but it was fun. After the climb we all went for a 40 mins fast walk… and afterwards we went to have a light snack and I had a healthy Greek Salad with Vegetable Wrap..I ate a little of the wrap which was good and gave the rest to Seng Piow because I have Quinoa waiting for me at home which I like alot…
pretty. that juice looks good
What a beautiful statue of Lord Murugan…cool caves as well!!
Of the many many years I have been living in KL, I have not stepped near to this temple at all even though I drive pass by it on the way to Genting Highlands. I will definitely make it a point to go there and attempt that long flight of steps to get to the top. A great way to exercise and to enjoy the sights. Yay!!
hehehehehehehe I have to say this is the cutest thing ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Much love!!!!!!!
I remember visiting Batu Caves as a child. Haven’t been there for a looooooong time. Will be nice to make a trip one day!
Nice pictures, and the same dress as me:-D Ven Rinpoche.
I have been once only to Batu Caves some 12 years ago…..and with my 2 little monster kids then….:-)
It is actually nice to walk up the stairs in Batu Cave, we city dwellers are always working at the computer, got stuck on the chair and even make an imprint on the cushion….that is how long we sometimes sit doing work.
I heard climbing up stairs is a very good exercise,and in Batu Cave we can also pay homage to the hindu deities, feed the stray dogs on the way….very nice.
We should gather a stairs-climbing competition for Kechara and see who is the fittest and who is not!!!
I don’t remember visiting Batu Caves as a child, I don’t think I have ever visited Batu Caves and I live in PJ my whole life! Pretty sad case huh? I really should go explore more, especially to holy places which is so readily available all around Malaysia.
Batu Cave is the first thing I visited when I arrived in Malaysia in 1996, it was during the Thaipusam festival and I went at night. It took me 2 hours (with an IMMENSE crowd) to go up the steps and another 2 hours to get down, I remember getting back home passed 4am that day with a lot of sights I never thought I’d see in real life. I went again and again with visiting friends, I remember my mother who’s handbag was coveted by monkeys while we were climbing the steps up to the cave. It’s an amazing place, all Kuala Lumpurien’s should visit it.
The young people should run up the 272 steps !
Sounds like fun…. Must put it on my to do list when I come to stay at Kechara. My holidays are booked for October around Rinpoche’s birthday. I know… we could have a birtday picnic ?? hehe
It’s so close by, tourist from all over the world come to see it, but yet locals skip it for a visit to far away places, thinking they could do it anytime. Sad fact but I have foreign friends who have been to more places in Malaysia than I have. I must have visited Batu Caves as a small child eons ago, since I have very little recollection of it. But yes I definitely have been there and that was long before the huge Lord Muruga was erected outside. I had a pic taken of my sis and I on a bridge over a huge turtle pond. That reminds me to go again soon, and bring the kids who would be there for the first time!