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| "Bale Loji " The King's house |
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Build in the late of 17th century and finished in the early of 18th century,the garden is used to be the place where the king Anak Agung Gde Ngurah Karangasem of Karangasem kingdom in Bali and his wife take a rest in dry season after they left the king's palace in Cakranegara (Castle Carving Kawi) during the Karangasem kingdom domination in Lombok,There are two groups of buildings in the garden,the group which is classify as sacred,it's located in the east side of the garden,it's a group of temple ( the group called pura kelasa,where the king doing his pray ritual) and there's also a spring of youth called "kelabutan".
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| The garden view from the top |
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In the west side of the garden there are group of building which is profane like "Bale Loji" Home for the King and Queen,where they can stay during the summer time, and "Bale Terang", a building with a storage underneath and had two bedroom upstairs separated by an open space so the King could feel the cool breezes while looking across the tample, The construction of the park it's self representing the replica of Mount Rinjani and Segara Anak Lake which had a sacred served and important purpose for the King who has no longer able to do the annual pilgrimage to Rinjani.there's also lake and pool that connected the east and west side of the garden,nowdays, the garden is become tourism object so that people from local and abroad could know little bit of Lombok history.
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| "Telaga Ageng" the lake where the king doing praying ritual |
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| The Pool and Lake view from the top |
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