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Lord Murugan Statue

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Type
  
Statue

Phone
  
+60 16-310 5743

Beginning date
  
2004

Height
  
42.7 m (140 ft)

Completion date
  
2006

Lord Murugan Statue

Location
  
Batu Caves Sri Murugan Perumal Kovil, Batu caves, Selangor, Malaysia

Material
  
350 tons of Steel bars, 1,550 cubic metres of Concrete, and 300 litres of gold paint

Opening date
  
January 2006 during Thaipusam festival

Dedicated to
  
Malaysian Tamils and Malaysian Hindu

Address
  
Exit Jalan Lingkaran Tengah 2, Kawasan Industri Batu Caves, 68100 Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia

Similar
  
Batu Caves, Thaipusam, Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Temple, Palani Murugan temple

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Lord Murugan Statue (Tamil: முருகன் சிலை; Bahasa Malaysia: Tugu Dewa Murugga) is the tallest statue of a Hindu deity in Malaysia and second tallest statue of a Hindu deity in the world, only second place to the Kailashnath Mahadev Statue in Nepal. It is also the tallest statue in Malaysia at 42.7 metres (140 ft) in height. It is located at the Sri Murugan Perumal Kovil at the foot of Batu Caves. It took 3 years of construction and unveiled in January 2006 during Thaipusam festival.

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Construction

  • 2.5 Mil Ringgit Malaysia was spent to build this statue
  • 250 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

    Lord Murugan Statue Wikipedia