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Klungkung, Bali · -8.5516°, 115.4688°
Built at the mouth of a bat-filled sea cave on the Klungkung coast and founded in the eleventh century by Mpu Kuturan, one of the priests who established Hinduism on Bali; one of its three meru towers is dedicated to Shiva, and the site became a strategic position during the 1849 War of Kusamba between the Klungkung kingdom and the Dutch colonial army.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The cave is held to be the domain of Naga Basuki, a primordial dragon believed to keep the balance of the cosmos.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Mpu Kuturan
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