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Gunung Kawi Temple

 Location

Gunung Kawi is located near Tampak Siring village, around 5 km from well known Tirta Empul Temple. The location is 35 km from Denpasar, city, 50 km from Kuta, and 68 km from Nusa Dua. It is still one route from Gowa Gajah, Pura Pusering Jagat, Gunung Kawi, and Tirta Empul temple. This area preserves many ancient sites, stone sculptures and rock cut structures, especially along the slope of Pakerisan river. The site of Gunung Kawi is reachable only by foot from the parking area, passing elevating slope of the river with more then 100 steps down and up the river. It is just after the village of Pejeng, a village full with ancient remains of ancient stone sculptures, and even the oldest historical fact on Buddhism is found also around this village. Today due to the rich contains in historical fact a museum has been built before the village of Pejeng, near the temple of Kebo Edan. Within the village of Pejeng to mention a few of them there are some temples with ancient heritages such as Pura Pusering Jagat, Pura Rejuna Metapa, Pura Kebo Edan, Pura Samuan Tiga, Pura Bedugul Kana, and still many other smaller temples that preserves the ancient stone sculptures. Pejeng is a real historical museum.

 Gunung Kawi Historical Monument
If we see from the name we know today, it might be the possibility of translation of Kawi as poet, so gunung Kawi can be meant the mountain of poet. The river that forms the ravine which slope is cut for the temple is Pakerisan river, kris means Balinese long blade or knife. What is actually referred by the name is not clear until now. The people today consider this complex as part of a temple which was constructed much later time. See from the history it is not part of a temple in the meaning of worshipping the Hindu God, but having the relation with personal deification of a king. The whole complex consist of 5 smaller complexes, and including the temple are 6 complexes. Two complexes at the east slope of the river and 3 complexes are on the west slope. Two complexes facing each other separated by the river are identified as belong to the king and his Queen or concubines. The complex for the king consist of 3 rock cut candis and the complex for the Queen consist of 4 rock cut candis. It is hard to understand that only the candi for the king made in 3. It might be the king was with his 2 principal consorts, and the 4 candis across the river were only for his other concubines. At the door of the candi for the king is mentioned in a inscription of the king died at Jalu. Jalu can mean kris or taji, a sharp small blade armed for the cock fighting. Who was the king monumentalized here? is un-answered question until now, except based on highly decorative writing of inscription called "Quadrangular Kadiri writing style" The influence of Kadiri kingdom to Bali was only arrived around 1227 AD under the king Kertanegara. While the date carved at the stone sculpture on Mount Panulisan with the same style mentioned the dates 1011 AD, 1074 AD, and 1077 AD. While the period between 989 AD to 1001 AD was the rule of king Udayana Warmadewa with his Queen Mahendradatta. In their charters it is mentioned that king Udayana was deified at "Banyu Wka", and his Queen Mahendradatta was deified at Buruan which is already identified, and only Banyu Wka is not identifiable until today, and archaeologists supposed that Banyu Wka is Gunung Kawi, as Banyu means water, and Wka means clear or clean, so he must have been deified at a river with very clean water, yet an ancient monument just renovated is Pura Mangening which also refers the name of ening or clear. The problem is the complex of the temple is not big, only one stone shrines with small zone. If we compared with his Queen monument in Buruan it makes sense that the king would not need big complex to commemorate himself.

So who was monumentalized at Gunung Kawi? Some archaeologists believed that was the son of Udayana, either king Marakata Pangkajasthana or Anak Wungsu. The rule of Marakata is not known much and there is not many record about his government. Different from Anak Wungsu who issued many inscriptions and he was a diligent king in making every records which lead an idea that he was a great king just like his father king Udayana. With the length of time of ruling that was from 1049 AD to 1077 AD can be a proof that during his rule the condition of the society was good, and it was not impossible he was respected by their whole people. As the fact of many great king in Indonesia that commemoration with candi or sculpture was a normal way the people to honor their king who was able to bring the welfare for the society. In this case writer wish to believe that Gunung Kawi has been dedicated for the great name of king Anak Wungsu.

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Gunung Kawi Temple

Gunung Kawi is legacy of archaeological complex consisting 

of two tyepes : 

1.Kompleks Temple

This temple complex itself consists of two rows. Rows in the east of the river as much as 5 pieces Pakerisan cand, and row west of the river as much as 5 temples scattered in the northern row of 4 pieces of the temple and a temple far to the south terlatak separate from the other temples. In the row above the river east of the temple is located at the north there is a paper type Kadiri, which reads “Ing Jalu Lumah Haji” Haji means King, Lumah means enshrine (made ​​holy temple for the sacred monument) or sidha deity that mean a return to nature gods, Ing Jalu means in Pakerisan. Kris Jalu literally, as well as understanding the overall meaning is: King of the sacred river Pakerisan. On the basis of the alleged temple was to King Udayana. To the south of the temple above the second temple there is an inscription that reads “Rwa Nakira” which means son of two. With text based on the temple that is also for the second son of King Udayana is Marakata and Anak Wungsu. The other temples are allegedly for the Empress of the King. Other temples are as much as 4 pieces which lies to the west of the river dedicated to the King’s Consort. The temple is located deep in the southern part was dedicated to the Prime Minister of the King, because the temple there is a writing which reads “Rakriyan” which is the title given to high officials of the kingdom at that time

2. Vihara complex

Temple complex used as a residence and a place to meditate. Consisting of several niches, centrally locate in Pakerisan across east river, south of the complex of temples east of the river. Other Other recesses dispersed and located near the cluster enshrinement.

One of the niche is a cave located at the north corner, separate from other complex niche, this niche seems to function very special. In the niche of the cave, there is a hole in the middle floor. Maybe the hole was used as a place to put tools in the form of Fire Homa ceremony. On this basis the cave that can be expected to function as a place of meditation. In front of the cave as a place of meditation, there are several pieces pripih (rectangular stone nine holes) are first placed in the enshrinement. The existence of as many as nine holes on this pripih worn premise that pripih cosmos is the symbol that is usually associated with the Gods Nawa Sanga (9 main temple of  Bali)

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Paivi Vartio & Massa at Bali Bird Park Experience

     

Incorporating a breeding, research and veterinary facility within the complex, the park has a high success rate in the captive reproduction of exotic birds such as the Bird.of Paradise and Horn bill. 

Bali Bird Park

Encompassing two hectares of botanical landscape the park provides sanctuary to almost of 1000 birds of 250 different species 

Bali bird park collection of bird of paradise is on of the best collection of these magnificent bird to be seen outside of mountain of Papua new guinea. normally secretive and allusive, the Bali bird park has six species which live in special facilities designed to breed this rare and exotic birds.