Saturday, December 9, 2023

Pura Penataran Agung

This is the largest temple in the complex.










Eleven-tiered Meru
A Meru is a shrine for deified kings, ancestral spirits and gods. The number of tiers of the Meru signify its importance. Eleven being the highest







Candi Bentar

Besides the Meru, Candi Bentar  (split gateway) is also quintessentaily Balinese. It is a candi split perfectly in two to create a passage in the middle for people to walk through. It is an integral feature of a Balinese temple.

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