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Touted as the biggest and highest statue in the world.The approaches to the statue features 250m lotus ponds in artificial canyons art into the hillside and huge murals of the Ramayana carved into the limestone cliffs.The centerpiece of GWK (Garuda Wisnu Kencana) is the yet to be completed 66m-high statue of Garuda.The Garuda Wisnu statue,with its spectacular form and design, symbolizes the efforts of humankind to ride with nature across history. In Hindu cosmology, Garuda Wisnu symbolizes Wisnu, the source of wisdom, riding Garuda as the manifestation of conscience towards Amerta, the perennial goodness.
The Garuda Wisnu iconography describes the efforts of human to keep their life in harmony with nature.As craft product, the Garuda Wisnu statue has served as a traditional Balinese souvenir since the beginning of the century, thus, the profound and transcendent aspect of this religious symbol has experienced popularization into universal folk culture. This is a proof of the capacity and creativity of Balinese artists in adapting the cosmological teachings in the contemporary life based on the principle of Desa,Kala,Patra (place-time-situ ation)
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| The time required |
15 minutes drive from Jimbaran |
| Open |
10am`10pm |
| Entrance fee |
Rp15,000 (Car charge +Rp.5,000) |
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