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High medieval · Hindu · Indonesia
Pura Lempuyang Luhur
Karangasem, Bali · -8.3952°, 115.6479°
Ida Betara Hyang IswaraUndeterminedBalinese
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A hilltop sanctuary on Mount Lempuyang in eastern Bali, it is the seventh and highest of the temples in the Lempuyang complex and is counted among the island's nine holiest places of worship, revered as the guardian of the eastern direction.