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Top:/Destinations/Bali/Regencies/Karangasem/Places to visit/Besakih
 Driving up to Besakih from Menanga the silver-grey cone of Mt Agung looms above, its summit still bare from the ravages of the 1963 eruption. At 3142 meters, this is the highest peak on Bali, and a major locus of divine power in the Balinese cosmos.
The huge temple located here, Pura Besakih, is the greatest of all Balinese sanctuaries-the most sacred and powerful of the island's innumerable temples. For this reason, it has always been associated also with state power.
It lies at an altitude of 900 meters on the southwestern slope of the mountain, offering spectacular views over the whole of southern Bali. Pura Besakih is not a single temple but a sprawling complex consisting of many separate shrin es and compounds, united through ritual and history into a single sanctuary.
There are 22 temples in all, spread along parallel ridges over a distance of more than a kilometer. The highest of these, Pura Pengubengan, lies amidst beautiful groves in a state pine forest. Most of the temples, however, cluster around the main enclosure, Pura Penataran Agung. |
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