Yauly: Bali 2

Pura Taman Ayun, Mengwi
Dubbed the most beautiful temple with 10 merus shrines. Built on 1634AD

Entrance fee is IDR3,000 per person

Sights around Pura Taman Ayun

Among the rows of palinggihs, (shrines that serve as "sitting places" to receive visiting deities during temple feasts) is a brick building facing east: the paibon, a royal ancestral altar. In the surrounding pavilions, priests recite prayers, village elders hold council, offerings are prepared, furniture and the temple's musical instruments are stored. For those interested in traditional woodcarving, the small doors of the shrines here are beautifully carved. The moat gives the impression of a sanctuary in the middle of a pond, explaining the name taman, "garden with a pond". The waters are a symbolic place of contact with the divine through widadaris, celestrial nymphs who bathe there

Beyond the moat, the temple lies on slightly rising ground. The grassy expanse of the outermost courtyard, the fine array of merus and pavilions in the inner courtyard, and its well-kept appearance make it one of the most beautiful temples in Bali. Originally dating from 1634, Taman Ayun was restored and enlarged in 1937. On its festival day (odalan) hundreds of women file into the temple bearing colorful offerings, which they place together before the merus

Paintings on the courtyard of Pura Taman Ayun

Pura Ulu Danu@ Bratan Lake,Bedugul

Pura Ulun Danu Bratan, or Pura Bratan, is a major water temple on Bali, Indonesia — the other major water temple being Pura Ulun Danu Batur. The temple complex is located on the shores of Danau Bratan (Lake Bratan) in the mountains near Bedugul. Water temples serve the entire region in the outflow area; downstream there are many smaller water temples that are specific to each irrigation association.Bedugul is
mountainous terrains with cooler climate.