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Also in the vicinity of the historic Buleleng Harbor is the colorful and beautifully constructed Chinese Klenteng (Chinese temple) Ling Gwan Kiong that is accessed via an ornate water bridge that traverses a pond filled with white and pink lotus flowers. As usual the Klenteng is dominated by the red and gold color. Gold Buddha statues and ornamen...
Another interesting anomaly that may be found in West Bali is the Muslim Balinese village of Loloan Timur located near Negara. Founded in 1653 by seafaring Bugis from Sulawesi, this village features traditional Bugis wooden houses that are oblong in shape with living quarters on the second floor that may not be found anywhere else on the is...
The first seaside resort to appear in Bali in the mid-1970’s and named after the word ‘love’ in 1953 by Anak Agung Panji Tisna the raja of Buleleng, Lovina is actually the name of the group of seven traditional fishing hamlets that stretch across 10km of narrow, unbroken black sand beach on the north coast of Bali - Temukus, Kalib...
Legend has it that sacred Mount Batu Karu was once inhabited by the offspring of the god Pasupati about 70 years after the creation of the world making Pura Luhur Batu Karu one of the six important directional temples of Bali as well as the state temple for West Bali when Tabanan was an independent dynasty. Situated in a clearing with lush ju...
Set on the verdant southern slopes of Bali’s second tallest peak known as Coconut Shell Mountain, is another of the island’s important sad kahyangan axial temples. Built in homage to the mountain and lake gods, this unusual type of pura taman temple (which means it was maintained by a king and has a place to bathe) was purported...
