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  2. Balinese temple - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Besakih Temple - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Tanah Lot - Wikipedia

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    The Tanah Lot temple is close to the Balinese mythology. At the base of the rocky island, venomous sea snakes are believed to guard the temple from evil spirits and intruders. The temple is purportedly protected by a giant snake, which was created from Nirartha's selendang (a type of sash) when he established the island.

  5. Pura Ulun Danu Bratan - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  6. Pura Beji Sangsit - Wikipedia

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    Pura Beji Sangsit is a Balinese temple or pura located in Sangsit, Buleleng, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. The village of Sangsit is located around 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) east of Singaraja . Pura Beji is dedicated to the rice goddess Dewi Sri , and is revered especially by the farmers around the area.

  7. Pura Parahyangan Agung Jagatkarta - Wikipedia

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    The temple complex is a sacred place of worship, serving as a Pura Kahyangan Jagad, [3] a type of pura located in a mountainous region, for Hindu Dharma devotees in the Greater Jakarta area. It is also considered a sacred place to honor the hyang (deified ancestral spirits) identified as King Siliwangi of Pakuan Pajajaran kingdom, an ancient ...

  8. Pura Lempuyang Luhur - Wikipedia

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    Pura Lempuyang Luhur, seventh temple [6] The most popular temple among visitors is the Pura Penataran Agung Lempuyang . With its towering white candi bentar split gate, three dragon stairs and three kori agung gates, this compound has views to the west overlooking Mount Agung , the highest volcano in Bali.

  9. Balinese architecture - Wikipedia

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    Balinese temple usually contains a padmasana, the towering lotus throne of the highest god, Acintya (Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa in modern Balinese), the pelinggih meru, (a multiple-roofed tower similar in design to the Nepali or Japanese pagoda), and various pavilions, including bale pawedan (vedic chanting pavilion), bale piyasan, bale pepelik ...

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