In February last year, the Selangor state government received an application for a Temporary Occupation Licence (TOL) to ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. On January 17 this year the Hindu Tamil populations of Malaysia, ...

If you’re coming from Ipoh, the Batu Gajah heritage driving trail follows Jalan Pusing onto Jalan Kelab before it curves around to head up Jalan Changkat. It is punctuated by landmark heritage ...

The residents of the settlement at Batu Caves marching to Istana Bukit Kayangan in Shah Alam to deliver the memorandum to a palace representative. (Malaysia Tamilar Munnetra Kalagam pic) A group of ...

OVER a decade ago, Dr Ros Fatihah Muhammad and her research team were exploring a limestone cave within Batu Caves in Gombak, Selangor, when they made a groundbreaking discovery: fossils of orang ...

The custodians of an ancient Hindu religious site in Malaysia are planning to install an escalator as an alternative for those visitors either unable or unwilling to climb the 272 steps leading to its ...