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  2. 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 ...

  3. List of largest Hindu temples - Wikipedia

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    Besakih Temple: 200,000 [23] Bali Indonesia: The Besakih Temple is a pura complex in the village of Besakih on the slopes of Mount Agung in eastern Bali, Indonesia. It is the most important, the largest and holiest temple of Hindu religion in Bali, [24] and one of a series of Balinese temples. Perched nearly 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) up the side ...

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  5. List of Hindu temples in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Mother temple Besakih, the largest Balinese Hindu temple in Indonesia Pura Parahyangan Agung Jagatkarta in Bogor, West Java. Pura is Balinese Hindu temples. Balinese Hinduism is the continuation of Javanese Hindu Dharmic tradition developed in Java between the 8th to 15th century.

  6. Balinese architecture - Wikipedia

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    Mother temple Besakih. Balinese temples or pura (Sanskrit for: "walled city") are designed as open-air places of worship within enclosed walls, connected with a series of intricately decorated gates between their compounds. This walled compound contains several shrines, meru (towers), and bale (pavilions).

  7. Ubud Palace - Wikipedia

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    The palace was the official residence of the royal family of Ubud. During his travels, Rsi Markandya received a divine revelation that he was to bury five precious metals on a mountain slope in Bali, where the mother temple of Besakih now stands today. With a group of followers, Rsi Markandya was magnetically attracted to a destina

  8. Hindu temple - Wikipedia

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    Besakih Temple in Bali, Indonesia. Almost all Hindu temples take two forms: a house or a palace. A house-themed temple is a simple shelter that serves as a deity's home. The temple is a place where the devotee visits, just like he or she would visit a friend or relative. The use of moveable and immoveable images is mentioned by Pāṇini.

  9. Bali - Wikipedia

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    The Mother Temple of Besakih, one of Bali's most significant Hindu temples. [118] The general beliefs and practices of Agama Hindu Dharma mix ancient traditions and contemporary pressures placed by Indonesian laws that permit only monotheist belief under the national ideology of Pancasila.