Lempuyang Temple

Pura Lempuyang or Lempuyang Temple is a Balinese Hindu temple located in the slope of Mount Lempuyang in Karangasem, Bali with magical backdrop view Mount Agung, the highest Mount in Bali. The temples of Mount Lempuyang, represented by the highest pura at the peak of Mount Lempuyang, Pura Lempuyang Luhur, is one of the Sad Kahyangan Jagad, or the "six sanctuaries in Bali", the six holiest places of worship on Bali.

To get to this location, you have to travel from Denpasar by taking approximately 3 hours with a distance of 77.2km.

Recently, the Lempuyang Temple is very popular for traveler who want to have a take beautiful photos between the heaven gate of Lempuyang Temple, with magical backdrop or Mount Agung, the highest mount in Bali. Sunny day will be great to visit this temple because surround is clear and we can see the biggest mount in Bali from this temple. 

Many photos circulate on social media where the photos look so beautiful and real with reflections of a pool of water that makes the photo as if there is a shadow, but all of that is just a trick from the photographer by placing a mirror under the camera to reflect the sky to get a beautiful photos, in fact in the temple area there are no ponds that are described as photos circulating in social media.