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The pagoda-like Pelinggih Meru shrine of Pura Ulun Danu Bratan is a distinctive feature of a Balinese temple.. The term pura originates from the Sanskrit word (-pur, -puri, -pura, -puram, -pore), meaning "city," "walled city," "towered city," or "palace," which was adopted with the Indianization of Southeast Asia and the spread of Hinduism, especially in the Indosphere.
In Ubud, he was employed by the Sukawati royal family and built several palaces and temples in Ubud and the neighboring villages. [1] Construction of Pura Taman Saraswati started in 1951 and was completed in 1952. The pura is dedicated to Sarasvati, the Hindu deity of learning, literature and art. [1]
Pura Ulun Danu Beratan, or Pura Bratan, is a major Hindu Shaivite temple in Bali, Indonesia. The temple complex is on the shores of Lake Beratan in the mountains near Bedugul. The water from the lake serves the entire region in the outflow area; downstream there are many smaller water temples that are specific to each irrigation association .
Taman Ayung, meaning "beautiful garden", is the second-largest temple in Bali. Its whole compound covers 6.9 hectares (17 acres), [2] a rectangular piece of land oriented north-south [3] and surrounded to the west, south and east by a large body of water. It is accessed by a bridge on the south side. [4]
Besakih Temple (Balinese: ᬧᬸᬭᬩᭂᬲᬓᬶᬄ) is a pura Hindu temple in the village of Besakih on the slopes of Mount Agung in eastern Bali, Indonesia. It is the most important, largest, and holiest temple of Balinese Hinduism, [1] and one of a series of Balinese temples. Perched nearly 1000 meters up the side of Gunung Agung, it is an ...
Pura Meduwe Karang or Pura Maduwe Karang is a Balinese temple located in Kubutambahan, around 12 km east of Singaraja in Buleleng Regency, northern Bali. It is considered one of the principal temples of Bali, due to its size. [1] Pura Meduwe Karang is noted for its statues and flowery style of decorative sculpture, characteristic of North Bali. [1]
Pura Dalem Segara Madhu is one of a few temples in Bali with carvings that depict the western world. Carvings in the perimeter wall of the temple feature unusual 20th-century figures e.g. carving of an airplane falling into the sea, carving of a ship attacked by a sea monster, and carving of an early 20th-century automobile.
Like the other two temples in the complex, it is thought to have been built around 1350. [3] The temple complex plays an important role in the spiritual life of the local community. [3] The area in front of the temple is the home territory of one of the Ubud Monkey Forest's five groups of crab-eating macaques. [3]