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Pura Taman Ayun

Also known as Taman Ayun

Pura Taman Ayun is a royal Hindu temple at Mengwi in southern Bali, Indonesia, built as the state temple of the Mengwi kingdom. Surrounded by a broad moat, with tiered meru shrines, it expressed the rulers' authority over irrigation and fertility. Since 2012 it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape of Bali's subak irrigation system.

Pura Taman Ayun — Image: muhd rushdi samsudin from johor + terengganu, malaysia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Kingdom of Mengwi

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Pura Taman Ayun. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pura-taman-ayun
MLA: “Pura Taman Ayun.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pura-taman-ayun. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Pura Taman Ayun.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pura-taman-ayun.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Pura Taman Ayun’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pura-taman-ayun (Accessed: ).

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