A Misty Lane

I recently visited Pura Ulun Danu Batur Temple complex in the Kintamani area of Bali, near Mt Batur and its famous caldera lake. It is high up into the mountains and cold and misty in Balinese standards.

Obviously the key item of the temple complex is its series of gates, which never fail to excite me. I never get tired of Balinese gates. The cloud and haze adds to the mystic of this temple complex

Hindu Bali is an enigma at predominantly Muslim Indonesia. God Ganesh is some I am very familiar with as I am originally from India. I have seen many Ganesh Statues and icons. But somehow this Balinese one seems different. Position of the feet and hand gesture (mudra) is different from what I am used to in India. I love it here :)

I got so excited that I even did a B&W edit of the previous shot. I normally don't do that. But there you have it :)

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