Caves Batu, Lord Murugan statue

Entrance to Batu Caves, a Hindu shrine and a tourist attraction near Kuala Lumpur, with the Murugan statue. Standing at 42.7 meter (140.09 ft) high, the world's tallest statue of Murugan, a Hindu deity, is located outside Batu Caves, near the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The statue, which cost approximately Rupees 24 million, is made of 1550 cubic metres of concrete, 250 tonnes of steel bars and 300 litres of gold paint brought in from neighboring Thailand.