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Kerta Gosha, the ancient
house
of justice. This
was constructed in 18th century by the highest king of Bali. Traditional punishment of the
lawless action is depicted on the ceiling of the pavilion. Besakih temple located on the foot of
the highest mountain in Bali that is Mount Agung. The temple is consist
of 18 complexes as the
reflection of the mixed believes between Indian Hindu and Balinese ancestors worship. You have to walk
from parking area to the temple, and for the active person it can take one and quarter hour.
Tenganan village which residents is originated from first or second migration that entered Bali. They
maintain a unique tradition such as “ gringsing “ double ikat (double weaving) cloth, palm leave writing
and some family utensils. Goa
Lawah is a temple on the mouth of a cave. The cave is believed to
go though up to Besakih temple, but none so far dare enough to prove this. On the mouth of the temple
are hanging hundreds of fruits bats. Lunch will be served at popular restaurant in Bukit Jambul (Puri
Boga Restaurant) offering Chinese and Indonesian food.
Duration 9 hours Good time : 08.30 – 17.30
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Besakih temple located on
the foot of highest mountain of Bali, Mount Agung. The
temple has around 17 temple complexes with more or less
250 shrines in all the temple complexes. This become
the biggest temple in Bali. Almost all Balinese praying
to the temple, since in the course of history, the kingdom
of Klungkung is considered the highest kingdom in Bali.
Each kingdom in Bali developed 3 basic temples, first
dedicated and located on the sea, second located on
the city or near the palace, and the third is on the
mountain. So basically each kingdom managed 3 temples,
dedicated to the sea, city, and mountain. In the past
Besakih temple was probably mountain temple, as in the
center of Klungkung city there is already a big temple
as state temple located in the city, just on the side
of famous Kerta Gosha ancient court house of justice.
Tenganan village is around 20 kms away from Klungkung
city located in the lowland protected two mountain walls
as the protection of the assaulters in the past. The
location is very strategic in the view of conflict between
groups. Today Tenganan Pegringsingan village is known
as one of the popular tour visit to East Bali with their
traditional gringsing cloth and handicraft of writing
on the palm leaves and weaving.
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