Besakih
Besakih Temple is a pura Hindu temple in the village of Besakih on the slopes of Mount Agung in eastern Bali, Indonesia. It is the most important, largest, and holiest temple of Balinese Hinduism, and one of a series of Balinese temples.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: major Hindu temple in Bali, in Indonesia
- Also known as: “Besakih Temple”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pura Pasar Agung Giri Tolangkir.
Pura Pasar Agung Giri Tolangkir
Hindu temple
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Pura Pasar Agung Giri Tolangkir is a Hindu temple, which is situated 4½ km east of Besakih.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Bali.
East Bali
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East Bali is a region of the island of Bali in Indonesia.
Besakih
- Categories: Balinese temple, Hindu temple, and tourist attraction
- Location: Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Balinese to Waray—“Besakih” goes by many names.
- Balinese: “Besakih”
- Balinese: “Pura Besakih”
- Bengali: “বেসকিহ মন্দির”
- Cebuano: “Desa Besakih”
- Chinese: “百沙基母庙”
- Czech: “Pura Besakih”
- Dutch: “Pura Besakih”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد بيساكيه”
- French: “temple de Besakih”
- French: “Temple de Besakih”
- German: “Besakih”
- German: “Pura Besakih”
- Hindi: “पुर बेसकिह”
- Indonesian: “Besakih”
- Indonesian: “Desa Besakih”
- Indonesian: “Pura Besakih”
- Italian: “Tempio madre di Besakih”
- Japanese: “ブサキ寺院”
- Japanese: “ベサキ寺院”
- Javanese: “Besakih”
- Javanese: “Pura Besakih”
- Korean: “브사끼 사원”
- Malayalam: “പുരാ ബേസാകി”
- Pfaelzisch: “Pura Besakih”
- Polish: “Pura Besakih”
- Portuguese: “Pura Besakih”
- Romanian: “Pura Besakih”
- Russian: “Бесаких”
- Spanish: “pura Besakih”
- Spanish: “templo de Besakih”
- Spanish: “Templo de Besakih”
- Spanish: “templo madre de Besakih”
- Swedish: “Desa Besakih”
- Tagalog: “Besakih”
- Tamil: “பெசாகி கோயில், பாலி”
- Tatar: “Пура Бесаких”
- Telugu: “బెసాకిహ్ ఆలయం”
- Thai: “ปูราเบอซากิฮ์”
- Ukrainian: “Пура Бесакіх”
- Waray (Philippines): “Iroy nga templo han Besakih”
- Waray (Philippines): “Iroy nga Templo han Besakih”
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