Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal

Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal, or Padangtegal Great Temple of Death, is one of three Hindu temples making up a temple complex located in the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary – commonly called the "Ubud Monkey Forest" – of Padangtegal, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.[1][2][3]

Pura Dalem
Agung Padangtegal
Location in Bali

Also called the "Main Temple," Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal lies in the southwestern part of the Ubud Monkey Forest grounds and is used for worshiping the god Hyang Widhi in personification of Shiva, the Recycler or Transformer.[3] Like the other two temples in the complex, it is thought to have been built around 1350.[3] The temple complex plays an important role in the spiritual life of the local community.[3]

The area in front of the temple is the home territory of one of the Ubud Monkey Forest's five groups of crab-eating macaques.[3]

  • Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal, Sacred Monkey Forest, Ubud
  • A Bale near the cremation grounds
  • “Vampire Children” statuary adorning the Dalem Agung Padangtegal Temple
  • Entrance to the Dalem Agung Padangtegal Temple

See also

References
  1. "Sacred Monkey Forest Ubud Sanctuary — About Us". Mandala Wisata Wenara Wana. Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  2. "Sacred Monkey Forest Ubud Sanctuary — Temples". Mandala Wisata Wenara Wana. Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  3. Visitors pamphlet "Welcome to the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary" (Mandala Suci Wenara Wana) Padangtegal, Ubud, Bali, acquired 26 March 2015.


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