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Vihara Dharma Sasana

TIME : 2016/2/17 12:33:58

This well-maintained temple complex, looking out to sea, is accessed through a beautifully decorative Chinese archway and contains three main temples. The oldest two, and the first ones you approach after walking through the archway, are side by side and facing the sea, and are thought to be between 200 and 300 years old, although they have been repainted and repaired many times. Their roof carvings are particularly ornate. Behind them is a more modern temple and two huge and very colourful Buddha statues.

To get to the temples, either tell your boatman to take you directly to the temple jetty or go to the usual Senggarang jetty (6000Rp to 8000Rp) and walk straight along it before taking the first left. Continue all the way to the end of this boardwalk then turn right and keep walking until you hit dry land. From there you'll see the archway entrance to the complex.