Batu Caves Sri Subramaniar Temple
The Murugan cave temple above 272 steps at Gombak in Selangor, about 13 km north of Kuala Lumpur, under a statue 42.7 metres tall. This is the one temple on this site with no verifiable published schedule. The temple committee publishes no hours that could be checked, and the third-party sources that do publish hours disagree with each other. Rather than pick the most popular figure and print it as fact, this page sets out what is confirmed and what is not.
Also searched for as Batu Caves, Batu Caves Murugan Temple, Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple.
Sources checked 1 September 2026
The temple in facts
Background rather than schedule. None of it changes week to week, which is why it sits here while the hours sit on their own page with the date they were read.
| Fact | What is published |
|---|---|
| DeityWikipedia, Batu Caves | Murugan |
| WhereWikipedia, Batu Caves | Gombak, Selangor, about 13 km (8.1 mi) north of Kuala Lumpur |
| StepsWikipedia, Batu Caves | 272 concrete steps, constructed in 1940 |
| StatueWikipedia, Batu Caves | 42.7 m (140 ft) tall, among the tallest Murugan statues in the world |
| The hillWikipedia, Batu Caves | A 325 m (1,066 ft) tall limestone mogote |
| Managed byWikipedia, Batu Caves | A temple committee oversees maintenance and development |
Batu Caves opening hours, in outline
What is verified about Batu Caves is the site, not the schedule. Three things hold regardless of what time the gate opens.
What this page does not know
Listed rather than quietly omitted, so you can see the shape of the gap before you plan around it. Every one of these is something another page would happily fill in with a plausible answer.
- The opening and closing times. No schedule published by the temple could be verified, and the third-party figures in circulation disagree.
- Aarti or pooja times of any kind.
- Whether an entry fee applies to the main cave temple, and to the other caves on the site.
- The dress code, which is enforced at many Malaysian temples but is not published here in a form this site could check.
- Whether photography, bags or footwear are restricted.
- Thaipusam arrangements, which replace the ordinary schedule entirely.
If you have stood at this gate recently and can fill one of these in, especially with a photograph of a notice board or a link to an official announcement, send it. It is checked against the temple and published with a new date.
Questions about visiting
Answered from what the temple publishes, with the gaps left as gaps.
What are the Batu Caves opening hours?
This page does not print any, because none published by the temple could be verified. The figures circulating elsewhere, mostly 6:00 to 21:00 or 7:00 to 21:00, come from travel and listing sites, disagree with each other, and carry no date.
Why will you not just print the common figure?
Because a number repeated by many pages is not the same as a number anybody checked. Copying it here would add one more undated claim to the pile and make it look more official than it is.
So how do I find out the hours?
Ask locally before you go, or plan around daylight and treat the site as a place you visit in the morning. If you find something published by the temple itself, send it and this page changes the same week.
How many steps are there?
272 concrete steps, constructed in 1940, leading from the forecourt to the cave temple inside the limestone hill.
How tall is the Murugan statue?
42.7 metres, about 140 feet, standing at the foot of the steps. It is among the tallest Murugan statues in the world.
Where exactly is it?
At Gombak in Selangor, about 13 kilometres, or 8.1 miles, north of Kuala Lumpur. The caves are inside a limestone mogote 325 metres tall.
Is there an entry fee?
Not verified. Entry to the main cave temple is widely described as free, but this site has not confirmed that against the temple, and other caves on the site are reported to charge separately.
Is there a dress code?
Not published in a form this site could verify. Dress codes are commonly enforced at Malaysian Hindu temples, so cover shoulders and knees and expect to be stopped if you do not.
What is Thaipusam like here?
Batu Caves is the focal point of Thaipusam in Malaysia. Whatever the ordinary hours are, they do not describe those days, and neither the crowd size nor the arrangements have been verified here.
Who runs the temple?
A temple committee oversees maintenance and development. This site has not found a published contact or schedule from that committee, which is why the timings gap exists.
Is this page useless without the hours?
It tells you the one thing the other pages will not: that nobody has checked their number either. Knowing that a timing is unverified changes how you plan, which is more useful than a confident figure that might be wrong.
How do I help fix this?
Photograph the notice board at the entrance and send it. A photograph of a temple's own sign is the strongest source there is, and it would turn this page from a gap into an answer.
Need the opening hours in full?
The opening hours page carries the whole published schedule, block by block, and what to check before you travel.