Temples

1) Arulmigu Balathadayuthapani Temple, Penang  The  Balathandayuthapani Temple , officially the Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Kovil, better known as the Waterfall Hill Temple or “Thaneer Malai” by locals is a temple located in  George Town   Penang . The main deity of this temple is  Murugan  Visitors need to climb 513 stairs to reach the temple. It is the focal point of the Hindu festival of  Thaipusam  in Malaysia, after the  Batu Caves. Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Temple This original site is as old as the founding of George Town itself. It was the site of the Balathandayuthapani temple until 1850, when the authorities took over the area to establish the Botanic Gardens Reservoir. That was when the temple moved out, leaving at its original site a small shrine. After the authorities took over the site of the original Balathandayuthapani Temple, he temple was provided with a new eleven-acre hillside plot on the left side of the Botanic Gardens Road. The temple grew to