| Pura Besakih | |
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 Pura Besakih, the holiest of all Balinese Hindu temples. | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Pura |
| Architectural style | Balinese |
| Location | Besakih, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia |
| Address | Besakih, Rendang, Karangasem Regency, Bali 80863 |
| Coordinates | 8°22′28″S 115°27′03″E / 8.374368°S 115.450936°E |
| Estimated completion | 15th-century |
| Website | |
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Besakih Temple (Balinese: ᬧᬸᬭᬩᭂᬲᬓᬶᬄ) is a pura complex in the village of Besakih on the slopes of Mount Agung in eastern Bali, Indonesia. It is the most important, largest, and holiest temple of Balinese Hinduism,[1] and one of a series of Balinese temples. Perched nearly 1000 meters up the side of Gunung Agung, it is an extensive complex of 23 separate but related temples with the largest and most important being Pura Penataran Agung. The temple is built on six levels, terraced up the slope. The entrance is marked by a candi bentar (split gateway), and beyond it, the Kori Agung is the gateway to the second courtyard.[2]
- ^ "Mount Agung and Pura Besakih". Sacred Destinations. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ Lonely Planet: Bali and Lombok, April 2009, p 215