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As the largest and holiest temple in this regency, Pura Kehen (from kuren, or house temple) serves as the residence of the spirits of the kingdom of Bangli and is where all its kings were crowned. This important ancestral temple located in Cempaga Village was built on a hillside in the 11th century by Sri Brahma Kemuti Ketu and features eight terra...
An Ubud water temple built in homage to Goddess Saraswati, who is the goddess of literature, learning and the arts. It is the seat of Ubud's royal Sukawati family and was founded in the late 19th century by I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, who created a dance stage in front of the temple entrance and a massive water garden overflowing with lotus flower...
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...
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 ...
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...
