Situated in the heart of the Gombak district, the Batu Caves are hidden on a fascinating limestone hill, deriving its name from the Sungai Batu or the Batu River that softly flows nearby. This spectacular range of caves is better explored when lodging in a Kuala Lumpur service apartment and Marc Service Suites Kuala Lumpur is a hotel apartment Kuala Lumpur that is preferred by many when visiting this place. The Batu Caves is a series of fascinating cave temples dedicated to Lord Murugan and is the centre around which most hindu festivals in Malaysia revolve. The caves are around 400 years old and are rather charming with stalactites and stalagmites rising from the floor and jutting from the ceilings, forming flow stones, cave curtains, cave pearls and scallops which usually take hundreds of years to develop.