Description of the attraction
Lempuyang Temple, or Pura Lempuyang Luhur, is located 10 km east of the village of Tirtagangga, on the slopes of Lempuyang Mountain, which reaches 1058 meters above sea level.
Pura Lempuyang, like the Goa Lawah Temple, is considered the most important temple in Bali and is one of the 9 key mountain temples that protect the island from evil spirits. You will have to get to the temple complex first by car along the highway from Amlapura, then along a steep mountain serpentine, and then on foot, overcoming about 1700 steps.
The lower temple is always open to visitors, but the upper temple, at the top of the stairs, is often closed. It is recommended to go upstairs with a Balinese who can be a guide and can arrange with an official of the upper temple to get inside the temple. Sometimes the upper temple is also called the “temple of 1000 steps”, and the road takes more than 2 hours.
The temple complex consists of 7 temples, the last of which is located at an altitude of 1058 m. You can get to the upper temple by the so-called "short" way - by steps, and long, when you make an additional large circle, but on the way you visit all 6 temples of this complex.
The first temple is called Pura Agung Lempuyang Tara Pena, and three staircases lead to it. Moreover, only the right and left stairs are for visitors, and the middle one is for priests at special ceremonies. Further, visitors will see the Telaga Mas temple, the name of which translates as the temple of the "golden lake", the Telaga Sawang temple (temple of "magic water"). The next temple is Pura Lempuyang Madaya, then the Punsak Bisbis and Agung Lempuyang temples, and at the end of this path, visitors can finally enjoy the view of the unusually beautiful Lempuyang Luhur temple and take a look at the surroundings.
For all visitors to the temple complex, a sarong is a must - the traditional clothing of Southeast Asia in the form of a piece of long cotton fabric, which is wrapped around the waist for men and above the chest for women, and it turns out something like a skirt.
