Tuesday 30 June 2015

20 Real Places That Look Like They’ve Been Taken Out Of Fairy Tales

 20 Real Places That Look Like They’ve Been Taken Out Of Fairy Tales

Batu Caves, Malaysia:

 20 Real Places That Look Like They’ve Been Taken Out Of Fairy Tales

 20 Real Places That Look Like They’ve Been Taken Out Of Fairy Tales

 20 Real Places That Look Like They’ve Been Taken Out Of Fairy Tales

The Batu Caves are a series of chambers beneath limestone hills and date back to as many as 400 million years ago. At the base of the caves lies a giant 140-foot golden statue of Lord Murugan, the Hindu god of war, victory, wisdom, and love. Visitors reach the caves by stairs, a total of 272 steps, and enter an area filled with Hindu shrines where worshippers pay their respects.Batu Caves is a limestone hill that has a series of caves and cave temples in the Gombak district, 13 kilometres north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It takes its name from the Sungai Batu, which flows past the hil

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