Pura Agung Besakih

Pura Agung Besakih is located in Besakih village, Rendang District,
on the slope of Mount of Agung, in the west side.
Mount of Agung is the highest mount in Bali. This place is 25 km to
the north of Semarapura-Kabupaten Klungkung if we go from Denpasar.

The trip to Pura Besakih through panorama of Jambul hill which is also
one of object and tourism attraction of Kabupaten Karangasem.

The location of Pura Besakih in purpose is chosen in village which is
believed holy because of its high location, which is called Hulundang Basukih,
later become Besakih village. The name Besakih is taken from Sansekerta
language, Wasuki or in old java language Basuki which means safe. Besides that,
the name of Pura Besakih is based on the myth of Naga Basuki (Basuki dragon)
as balancer of Mandara Mount.

There are a lot of inheritance megalitic era, such as : Menhir, stone
throne, pyramid terrace structure which are found in the complex of Pura Besakih
show that as a holy place looks like that Besakih came from the very old era,
far way before the presence of Hindu influence.