Besakih Great Temple
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.97 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,529 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 1,529 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,214 ft
- TrailRank
- 52
- Min elevation
- 3,214 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 2 hours 4 minutes
- Time
- 3 hours 54 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2038
- Uploaded
- December 12, 2023
- Recorded
- December 2023
near Menanga, Provinsi Bali (Indonesia)
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Itinerary description
Besakih Great Temple is the most important, the largest and holiest temple of Balinese Hinduism, and one of a series of Balinese temples. Perched nearly 1000 meters up the side of Gunung Agung, it is an extensive complex of 23 separate but related temples with the largest and most important being Pura Penataran Agung. The temple is built on six levels, terraced up the slope. The entrance is marked by a candi bentar (split gateway), and beyond it the Kori Agung is the gateway to the second courtyard.
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2,782 ft
Religious site
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