A Balinese temple is divided into 3 parts. To enter the first courtyard, one passes the candi bentar (split gate). Then a 2nd gate rising high, with faces of guardian demon, leads to the 2nd courtyard. Inside would be numerous pavillions used for various purposes. In the final courtyard, one may find the meru pagoda, sanggah (spirit houses) and pedestrals for the offerings. Stones and wood carvings would be apparent here.
The first Pura (temple) we went to was Pura Batur in Kintamani.
Pura Batur, located on the cliff, overlooking the Mount Batur (1717 metre). It's the 2nd most important temple, after Besakih.
A word of caution, the street vendors can be quite agressive there. Ati & I had a terrifying experience outside the pura where the vendors followed us to our car & one of them almost got into the car with us. Was hard to ignore them.
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