Statue of Murugan (Murugan) description and photos - Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur (Topic)

Murugan statue description and photos - Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Murugan.

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The statue of Murugan is the world's largest statue of this Hindu god. This 43-meter statue rises near the stairs to the Batu Caves, a popular Hindu shrine. Although the main adherents of Hinduism moved to Malaysia in the late 19th century, the religion itself penetrated here much earlier - with Indian merchants. And the famous Caves temple near the Batu caves was built more than two centuries ago by a wealthy Indian merchant.

A modern statue of this most revered deity in Hinduism appeared near the temple in 2006. It took fifteen Indian sculptors and a similar number of local artists and architects three years to create this monument. The sculpture took 1,500 cubic meters of concrete, and 250 tons of beams were required to bind the structure. Gold paint with a volume of 300 liters was brought from Thailand to the covering of the statue. The cost of this project has exceeded half a million dollars. After the discovery, the sculpture was included in the Guinness Book of Records.

Harmony in such a peaceful and stable country as Malaysia is explained by respect for the culture, religion and customs of all nationalities inhabiting it. And in the opening of the shrine, so significant for the residents of Hinduism, government officials participated, as well as many guests from India. The statue was showered with flowers from helicopters that were in the evening sky especially for this celebration.

In India itself, the statue represents the supreme god of war. The Tamils, an Indian people living in Malaysia, venerate him as a defender from war, bringing victory, and also as a fertile one. It is always presented in the image of a young man armed with a bow and a spear, a banner with a drawing of a rooster is considered an invariable attribute.

After the opening of the Murugan statue, in addition to pilgrims, tourists began to come to the temple and caves, attracted by the extraordinary size of the statue. Their flow reaches thousands of people every day.

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