Pura Lempuyang Luhur

Pura Lempuyang Luhur
Pura Lempuyang Luhur is located in Bali
Pura Lempuyang Luhur
General information
TypePura
Architectural styleBalinese
AddressWest Seraya, Karangasem District, Karangasem Regency[1]
CountryIndonesia
Coordinates8°23′43″S 115°38′52″E / 8.395194760301969°S 115.64788538435978°E / -8.395194760301969; 115.64788538435978
Elevation1060 metres

Pura Lempuyang Luhur is the seventh and highest temple of the Lempuyang temple complex on Mount Lempuyang in Karangasem Regency, east Bali, Indonesia.

It is one of the nine directional temples (Pura Sad Kahyangan or Pura Kahyangan Sad Winayaka) of Bali, which are the nine holiest places of worship on Bali.[2][3] It is dedicated to Ida Betara Hyang Iswara,[4] the guardian of the east.[5]

Location

Pura Lempuyang is located on Mount Lempuyang or Gamongan Hill, in Karangasem district, about 12 kilometres north of Amlapura, the capital of Karangasem Regency. The village of Bunutan is to the north-east (15 km by road), that of Tista is 10 km north-west[1]

Pura Lempuyang Luhur is the seventh and highest temple of the complex,[6] at 1,060 m[a] above sea level, near the peak of Mount Lempuyang.[7]

Lempuyang temples

The Pura Lempuyang complex includes seven temples along the hiking path to the summit of Mount Lempuyang.[8]

The seven temples are, from the lowest to the highestː

  • Pura Penataran Lempuyang
  • Pura Telaga Mas, second temple met from the entrance[8]
  • Pura Telaga Sawangan
  • Pura Lempuyang Madya
  • Pura Puncak Bisbis, fifth temple[9]
  • Pura Pasar Agung, sixth temple[9]
  • Pura Lempuyang Luhur, seventh temple[6]

The most popular temple among visitors is the Pura Penataran Agung Lempuyang. With its towering white candi bentar split gate, three dragon stairs and three kori agung gates, this compound has views to the west overlooking Mount Agung, the highest volcano in Bali.

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ An altitude of 1,175 m above sea level is also cited by a commercial website: "Lempuyang Temple in Bali". au.hotels.com. Retrieved 2024-06-02..

References

  1. ^ a b "Pura Lempuyang Luhur". google.co.id/maps (map).[dead link‍]
  2. ^ "The Nine Directional Temples of Bali". bali.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  3. ^ "Temples In Bali Explained -The Guide For Beginners". greenerbali.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  4. ^ "The most sacred Hindu places of worship in Bali". hinducouncil.com.au. 2018. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  5. ^ Watra, I Wayan. "The Aksara Modre official of magical religious treatment (Hindu philosophy perspective)". The concept of healing in religion, culture, health sciences and the economical prospective (PDF) (International seminar). Hindu Indonesia University, Denpasar, Bali. p. 200. ISBN 978-602-61920-0-4.
  6. ^ a b Suardana 2014, p. 42, 45.
  7. ^ "Pura Lempuyang Luhur, map". openstreetmap.org.
  8. ^ a b Suardana 2014, p. 41.
  9. ^ a b Suardana 2014, p. 42.
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