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"Set within a broad, elegant moat, this expansive temple complex—whose name means “beautiful garden”—evokes the mythological image of the gods' home floating on a cosmic ocean. Historically the state temple of the Mengwi kingdom, it contains many ceremonial towers that pay homage to Bali’s holiest mountains and symbolises the harmonious circulation of water from the highlands to rice fields and the sea." - SilverKris