We go to the Pura Taman Ayun temple, built in the middle of the 18th century by Mengwi’s greatest king, Cokorda Munggu.

The temple is surrounded by a large moat; there is a large outer courtyard with a split gate, which leads into a broad central courtyard.

You are not allowed into the inner courtyard, but it is easy to see over the wall.

Temples generally have three courtyards. The jeroan courtyard, which contains shrines for the gods, the jaba tengah courtyard (the middle), which has the priests meeting pavilion, and the last courtyard known as the jaba pura is used for ceremonies to appease the ground spirits.




The moat.




A gaurdian.