TY - JOUR
TI - Batu Caves (Gua-gua Batu): Hindu Pilgrimage Centre in Malaysia
AU - Maciejowski, Wojciech
TI - Batu Caves (Gua-gua Batu): Hindu Pilgrimage Centre in Malaysia
AB - 
	The article presents the complex of Batu Caves which is on the one hand, one of the most recognizable religious centres of Hinduism in the area of Muslim Malaysia, annually visited by thousands of pilgrims within Holy Thaipusam festival, and, on the  other hand, the complex of caves popular with tourist and willingly visited. The author presents both the character and specific custom elements of this popular festival and discusses the advantages of caves as formation of inanimate nature available to tourism.
VL - 2014
IS - Numer 25 (4)
PY - 2014
SN - 1425-1922
C1 - 2083-3105
SP - 119
EP - 134
DO - 10.4467/20833105PC.14.008.3738
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/peregrinus-cracoviensis/artykul/batu-caves-gua-gua-batu-hindu-pilgrimage-centre-in-malaysia
KW - Malaysia
KW - Batu Caves
KW - religious tourism
KW - Hindu pilgrimage
KW - thaipusam
KW - kavadi