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Pura Luhur Batukaru

Penebel, Tabanan, Bali · -8.3725°, 115.1028°

Mahadewa, god of Mount BatukaruRajas of TabananBalinese
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
11th c. origin; rebuilt 1959
Rajas of Tabanan

History & significance

One of Bali's Sad Kahyangan Jagad or six great directional sanctuaries, guarding the west and tied to the ancestors of the rajas of Tabanan; destroyed in 1604 and rebuilt in 1959, its principal shrine is a seven-tiered meru to Mahadewa on the slope of Bali's second-highest volcano.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Rajas of Tabanan