Toya Devasya
Volcanic hot-spring pools fed by geothermal water rising from deep within an active volcano.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Toya Devasya in Bali opens with the 1926 eruption of Mount Batur, which buried the village of Karang Anyar and stopped just short of the temple gate, echoing an earlier flow that had halted there in 1917. It follows the survivors who climbed to the caldera rim and split into three new hamlets, and traces the water that sinks deep into the volcano's heat before it rises back toward the surface. You are standing in Batur Tengah, the middle hamlet, founded by people running from fire.
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