Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal

This guide to Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal in Bali follows a funeral procession through the monkey forest toward the temple locals call the Temple of Death, built around 1350 for Shiva as the Balinese god of transformation. It traces the carved demons and guardian spirits meant to hold the world's balance, and the neighboring cemetery temple, Pura Prajapati, that works alongside it. Pause at the gate and look closely at the carvings before moving through it.