Pura Besakih: Temple, Religion and Society in Bali
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- Title
- Pura Besakih: Temple, Religion and Society in Bali
- Original language
- Author(s)
- Illustrator(s)
- Publisher
- Brill Academic Pub
- ISBN
- 978-9067181464
- Publication date
- October 1, 2002
- Subjects
- Besakih
- temple
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Description(s)
Pura Besakih is the paramount Hindu temple on Bali. Located high on the slopes of the volcano Mt Agung, it has developed over more than a thousand years into a great complex of 22 separate temples, the largest and central being Pura Penataran Agung. The annual cycle of more than seventy rituals, which symbolically link the temples into a whole, culminates in the centenary ceremony called Ekadasa Rudra (last held in 1979). The temple complex, state-supported at least since the fifteenth century, has undergone a series of architectural and ritual changes. This study combines an analysis of textual and historical sources with the fieldwork methods of anthropology in creating a unified interpretation of this great temple.
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