Pura Ulun Danu Batur
Nine-temple complex of two hundred eighty five shrines rebuilt above a volcano that once buried it in lava.
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This guide to Pura Ulun Danu Batur traces two eruptions of Mount Batur, in 1917 and 1926, and how the village of Karang Anyar read the volcano's behavior each time. It follows what villagers carried out of the wreckage while the ground was still hot, and why they chose to rebuild the temple higher up the slope around what remained standing. Listen for how the shrine dedicated to Dewi Danu, goddess of the lake, ties the whole complex back to the water below.
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