Kongco Pura Taman Gandasari, Chinese and Balinese temple in Denpasar, Indonesia
Kongco Pura Taman Gandasari is a temple in Denpasar that brings together architectural features and religious practices from both Chinese and Balinese traditions. The grounds contain multiple altars and sculptures arranged within buildings and courtyards that reflect both design styles.
The site was originally Pura Ratu Gede Pancung, a Hindu shrine to Ida Batari Sri. In the 1990s the priest I Ketut Merta had a spiritual experience with Kwan Kong and began worshipping the deity there. At a senior priest's request the Kwan Kong area was separated, and in 2001 Jero Mangku Ketut Mertha founded the Kongco, inaugurated on 11 July 2001 with help from Kwan Sing Bio in Tuban.
The temple serves as a place where Chinese and Balinese believers perform their daily worship rituals together, with shared spaces for offerings and prayers. You can observe how the two religious traditions coexist within these grounds and how both communities gather here for their spiritual practices.
The temple is located on Jalan Gatot Subroto IV Block XI and welcomes visitors who wish to explore its religious and architectural features. Since the site remains an active place of worship, visitors should dress respectfully and observe the actions of those performing daily rituals.
The temple's founder, Jero Mangku Ketut Mertha, was diabetic and faced leg amputation. A week before surgery, he received a divine message to visit Kwan Sing Bio Temple in Tuban, East Java; following it, he was told to build a Kwan Kong temple in Bali for healing. He and his wife sold their house to fund it.
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