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Early medieval · Hindu · Indonesia
Pura Penataran Agung Lempuyang
Karangasem, Bali · -8.3915°, 115.6313°
Sang Hyang Widhi and the TrimurtiEarly Balinese kingdomBalinese
Sacred since
993 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 993 CE; restored 2001
Early Balinese kingdom
History & significance
The first and lowest of the seven temples of the Pura Lempuyang complex, standing about 603 m up the south-western flank of Mount Lempuyang in Karangasem, with Pura Lempuyang Luhur at the summit. Epigraphs record a ruler named Jayacakti being sent to build it in the late tenth century, and worship on this mountain is held to predate most Hindu temples on Bali; the temple was restored in 2001.