WARNING: This Temple has been Misreconstructed

Various interests and failings have led to the misreconstruction of many a temple.

June 24, 2003

Agroup of tourists floated on a bamboo raft to-wards Kampung Pulo, a small island in the middle of Lake Cangkuang. The island, part of Leles district, Garut, West Java, is home to the Cangkuang Temple. Dating back to the 8th century AD Galuh Kingdom, this Hindu temple is what the tourists were waiting to see. However, the travelers were quickly disappointed: the temple paled in comparison to the grand shrines of Central Java and some of the stone

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