About four kilometers before one enters the town of Gianyar from Denpasar, on the right side of the road, there is a small hill covered by giant trees, called Bukit Darma, where the temple of Durga Kutri lies. Through a small doorbeside the main gate of the temple visitors can reach the inner part by ascending a 113 step stairway and find the holist shrine is believed to be the original burial place for Ratu (Queen) Gunapriya who came to Bali from Java and ruled this island till her death in 1006 AD. She is also known as "Mahendradatta", the mother of famous king Airlangga from East Java. In this temple she is represented in the statue as Durga herself, the wife of Shiva, with her six arms, standing on top of the bull Nandi, her husband bull.
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