Hardy Li
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Formerly dubbed as the "Terracotta Palace" shrine & temple, of which mentioned in my 2023 novel work, due to it's uniquely architecture is completely built from bare red bricks lack of mortar, reminiscent of the ancient Candi temples of Majapahit empire legacy from Trowulan, East Java.
This ancient heritage temple which was located in the heart of bustling Denpasar city, at least wrote down it's historical story for almost 8 centuries at Bali island, since the golden age of Majapahit empire.
The first establishment of this heritage temple was conducted by a legendary Balinese hero known as: Kebo Iwa in 13th century, of which its historical record was written in an ancient Balinese inscription called: Babab Wongayah Dalem.
This temple is considered as the one & only ancient Balinese temple of which the temple's shrines order doesn't following the standard order of mainstream Balinese Pura temples around Bali island. Instead of the order of temple's edifices following the order of ancient Javanese palace and temples from Java island.
Since the first establishment in 12th century, Kebo Iwa only built a single Candi temple without its companion shrines. But after the assassination of Kebo Iwa himself committed by Gajah Mada, the royal vicegerent of Majapahit empire who was the great rival of Kebo Iwa himself, as the aftermath Gajah Mada decided to expand the Candi temple into a temple complex by adding shrines and additional edifices, as a truce gesture and to honor Kebo Iwa's death.
During the reign of Badung kingdom several centuries next, a royal architect of the kingdom known as: I Pasek was given order from the king to build another new Candi temple after the first one. I Pasek then visited East Java to studying the temple's architectural design before he built another new Candi temple of which located just by right side of the prior Candi temple. The final completion of this temple complex was dated 16th century.
Even after many centuries next, this temple become the most esteemed holy places I honored the most after the Buddhist monasteries & Chinese folk belief temples. This temple at least allowed me to write my own life's story when I'm trying to establish my better new life at Bali island. Usually I have to pay homage by bringing offerings & incenses for the deities in the temple's inner sanctum, before I pray modestly & make wishes against the deities in the temple's inner sanctum.
Because of my instinctively protectiveness against any sacred places of which held my honor and homage, I do never encourage any meddlesome & indecent tourists or strangers to desecrate this holy place irresponsibly through impertinent & disgusting manners, which may bother the temple's key master & guardian on site.
If (you) don't know how to behave decent through clothing or behavior & pleasing the deities in their temples with homage, at least do never lay down (your) filthy impiety & desecration at there!
