Pura Taman Ayun is a compound of
Balinese temple and
garden with water features located in
Mengwi subdistrict in
Badung Regency
Badung is a regency of Bali, Indonesia. Its regency seat is in the upland town of Mangupura. It covers districts to the west of the provincial capital of Denpasar, and it has a land area of 418.52 km2.
The regency had a population of 54 ...
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Bali
Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...
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Indonesia.
Henk Schulte Nordholt wrote in his book ''Negara Mengwi'' that Taman Ayun was renovated in 1750. The architect’s name is given as ''Hobin Ho''.
[Indrana Tjahjono and Mas Soepranoto. 2010. ''Kongco Tan Hu Cin Jin''. Banyuwangi, pp. 12.] The temple garden was featured on the television program ''
Around the World in 80 Gardens''. On 2012, the
Subak cultural landscape of Bali including Pura Taman Ayun was inscribed as a
World Heritage Site by
UNESCO.
Gallery
File:Barong, Pura Taman Ayun 1501.jpg, Barong.
File:Main sanctum, Taman Ayun.JPG, Main sanctum.
File:Garuda Shrine, Pura Taman Ayun 1509.jpg, Garuda shrine.
File:Taman Ayun temple.jpg, Meru towers, pagoda-like shrines.
File:Cockfighting Pavilion, Pura Taman Ayun 1490.jpg, The wantilan or cockfighting pavilion.
File:Pura Taman Ayun.JPG, Bale bengong, garden contemplating pavilion.
See also
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Tan Hu Cin Jin
Chen Fu Zhen Ren (; Hokkien: ''Tan Hu Cin Jin'') is an ancestral deity of the Indonesian Chinese people living throughout Banyuwangi Regency, Java, Bali, and Lombok. He is also worshipped by the indigenous population of Bali and Java ('' Kejawen' ...
References
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