In actuality, it was not very difficult and I was delighted to achieve the journey to the top in less than 5 minutes. My initial thought of the 272 steps climb up was it would be challenging. Sri Velayuthar Temple (Main Temple) and Lord Murugan Temple This rare image showing his right leg raised comes from an incident when the Pandya King Rajasekhara requested him to raise his right leg as the King was afraid that Nataraja, balancing only on his right leg, may damage the said leg.Įarlier, one of the priest had reminded us that the Batu Caves temples would be closed for lunch break at 1 pm and as such, by 11.45 am, we quickly made our way to the base of the 43 metre Lord Murugan statue to ascent the steps. Nataraja is commonly depicted with his left leg raised he dances while balancing on his right leg. Although a red pottu is commonly worn and associated with a married woman, it can also be used to ward off bad luck. Mr Rajan informed that the silver cap is called a shasthari and that is represents God’s feet it is symbolically touched to the head of worshippers as a blessing.
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