Tirta Gangga
Royal water garden of tiered fountains, sacred spring pools and stepping stones over koi ponds.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Tirta Gangga in Bali follows Anak Agung Anglurah Ketut Karangasem, the last king of Karangasem, who dug this private water garden himself in 1946 around an eleven-tiered lotus fountain fed by a sacred spring. It traces the 1963 eruption of Mount Agung looming over the valley and what it meant for the gardens he had shaped by hand. Cross the stepping stones over the koi pond as you listen.
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