Penataran Agung Lempuyang Temple
White split gateway to a hillside Hindu temple, world-famous for a staged mirror photo illusion.
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This guide to Penataran Agung Lempuyang Temple opens with two hundred strangers waiting hours in a jungle clearing for one photo at what social media dubbed the Gates of Heaven, a white split gate on the slopes of Mount Lempuyang that pilgrims have climbed toward the island's holiest sanctuaries for centuries. You'll hear how millions of photos online show the gate mirrored on still water, and about a 2019 post from a Fortune editor that set off a wave of disbelief among visitors. Listen for how the guide gets from that crowd of strangers back to the gate's older, quieter purpose.
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