Taman Narmada, 11 kilometers east of Mataram, was built in 1727 by
King Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Karang Asem as both a pleasure garden and
place to worship Shiva. Its big pool is said to represent Segara Anakan,
the crater lake on the volcano Rinjani where they used to make
offerings by throwing valuables into the water. As people became too old
to make the pilgrimage up the 3,726 meter high mountain, they had
Narmada made to represent the mountain and its lake. Near the pond is a
place of worship and a spring whose water is believed to give dedicated
pilgrims eternal youth.
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