Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal, or ''Padangtegal Great Temple of Death,'' is one of three

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s making up a temple complex located in the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary – commonly called the "

Ubud Monkey Forest Mandala Suci Wenara Wana, or well known as Ubud Monkey Forest, is the sanctuary and natural habitat of the Balinese long-tailed macaque. It is located at Padangtegal Ubud, Bali. About 1260 monkeys live in this sanctuary. They are divided into 1 ...

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.Visitors pamphlet "Welcome to the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary" (''Mandala Suci Wenara Wana'') Padangtegal, Ubud, Bali, acquired 26 March 2015. Also called the "Main Temple," Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal lies in the southwestern part of the Ubud Monkey Forest grounds and is used for worshiping the god Hyang Widhi in personification of

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, the Recycler or Transformer. Like the other two temples in the complex, it is thought to have been built around 1350. The temple complex plays an important role in the spiritual life of the local community. The area in front of the temple is the home territory of one of the Ubud Monkey Forest's five groups of

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File:Pura Dalem Agung Padantegal 200507.jpg, Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal, Sacred Monkey Forest,

File:Ubud-1.jpg, A Bale near the

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Children” statuary adorning the Dalem Agung Padangtegal Temple File:Entrée du Temple de Dalem Agung Padantegal.jpg, Entrance to the Dalem Agung Padangtegal Temple

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