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What makes this red-bricked, mosque-like temple in Bunutin Village such an anomaly amongst the thousands of puras in Bali is the fact that both Hindus and Muslims worship here. The temple was built over three centuries ago by I Dewa Ms Wilis, the King of Bunutin who was a descendant of the Blambangan King of East Java and is a testament to th...
Housed on the grounds of this impressive Lapangan Puputan Margarana (Puputan Park) in the middle of the city is a grand 45m grey lava-rock monument shaped like a priest’s bell (bajra) called the Bajra Sandhi (Balinese People’s Struggle in the early 20th century). Designed by Taman Budaya’s architect, Ida Bagus Tugur, it was buil...
Also known as the Ni Polok Museum, the Le Mayeur Museum was the former beach home of acclaimed Belgian impressionist painter Adrien Jean Le Mayeur Merpres who moved to Sanur in 1932 and ended up staying for 26 years after marrying the famous Balinese Legong dancer Ni Polok, who was also the beautiful subject of many of his paintings. The mu...
On the slopes of Mount Lempuyang sits Pura Lempuyang Luhur, otherwise known as Lempuyang Temple. This is one of the key nine directional temples on the island of Bali, and grants spectacular sunset views at dusk as it is situated high on the mountain slope. There are two sections to the temple, a lower level and an upper level. The latter is wort...
Arrive two hours before dawn and climb the 1700 steps on the lush slopes of Gunung Lempuyang to reach the pura at the top by sunrise for a sublime view of Gunung Agung in the distance with all of east Bali in the foreground. Pura Lempuyang is one of Bali's sad kahyangan (six axial) temples where devotees make offerings and pray for blessings ...
