Lord Murugan Statue
முருகன் சிலை | |
Coordinates | 3°14′15″N 101°41′02″E / 3.2374°N 101.6839°ECoordinates: 3°14′15″N 101°41′02″E / 3.2374°N 101.6839°E |
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Location | Batu Caves Sri Murugan Perumal Kovil, Batu caves, Selangor, Malaysia |
Type | Statue |
Material | 350 tons of Steel bars, 1,550 cubic metres of Concrete, and 300 litres of gold paint |
Height | 42.7 metres (140 ft) |
Beginning date | 2004 |
Completion date | 2006 |
Opening date | 29 January 2006Thaipusam festival | during
Dedicated to | Malaysian Tamils and Malaysian Hindu |
Lord Murugan Statue (Tamil: முருகன் சிலை; Bahasa Malaysia: Tugu Dewa Murugga),[1] is the tallest statue of a Hindu deity in Malaysia[2][3] and third tallest statue of a Hindu deity in the world, after Garuda Wisnu Kencana Statue in Indonesia and Kailashnath Mahadev Statue in Nepal. It is also the tallest statue in Malaysia at 42.7 metres (140 ft) in height.
The statue was built by Tamil Malaysians. It took three years to construct, and was unveiled in January 2006 during Thaipusam festival. The managing authority of the temple rests with the Tamil descendants.
Every year, thousands of devotees from Tamil Nadu & Sri Lanka visit this temple to pay their tributes to the deity at the auspicious day of Thaipusam according to the Tamil Calendar. It is located at the Sri Murugan Perumal Kovil at the foot of Batu Caves.[4]
Construction[]
- 2.5 Mil Ringgit Malaysia was spent to build this statue
- 350 tons of Steel bars, 1,550 cubic metres of Concrete, and 300 litres of gold paint used to build this statue
- 15 sculptors from India
References[]
- ^ "Batu Caves Sri Subramaniar Swamy Devasthanam". Murugan.org. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ "Lord Murugan statue in Malaysia". Etawau.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ "Thanneermalai Murugan: Second Tallest Lord Murugan statue in the world". Murugar.com. 1 February 2009. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ "BATU CAVES Kuala Lumpur". Etawau.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- Media related to Murugan statue, Batu Caves at Wikimedia Commons
- Hindu temples in Malaysia
- Colossal statues
- Religious buildings and structures in Selangor
- Monuments and memorials in Malaysia