The Kris Monument or Tugu Keris is a huge monument in the shape of a kris in Klang, Selangor. It is located along Federal Highway route 2 near Taman Kris and Sungai Rasau toll plaza.
The Kris Monument construction was ordered by the late Sultan of Selangor, Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of his reign on 22 September 1985. This monument was specially designed to depict the that symbolises power, strength and unity.
How to get to the Kris Monument? Just drive along the Federal Highway from Shah Alam to Klang, and you will notice a towering silver-coloured Tugu Kris on the left, just before the Bukit Raja Industrial Estate.
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The kris or keris is a distinctive, asymmetrical dagger indigenous to Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and the southern Philippines. Both a weapon and spiritual object, krisses are often considered to have an essence or presence, with some blades possessing good luck and others possessing bad.
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