It was always a great surprise for the visitors after some time looking at the work in progress to discover the tiny figure of the Raja among the workers. He not only did all the designing himself, but he also used to work together with his labourers, digging in the ground, standing knee deep in the water, dirty with mud. Making water garden of all sorts had always been his hobby. The religious function of the spring, the cool climate and the scenic beauty of the surrounding hills inspired him to build recreational water garden for himself and his people. In 1948 Anak Agung Anglurah Ketut Karangasem (first King of Karangasem built a water garden complex which he gave the name Tirta Gangga. The overflow of water goes into the lower swimming pool, the other ponds and finally to the rice fields. The remainder goes into the upper swimming pool through an underground pipe. One third provides drinking water for the town Amlapura. The water is first led to a reservoir where it is divided in two parts. Led by their temple priest they hold ceremonies around the spring under the sounds of hymns and the music of the beleganjur.The springs have a huge output of pure water. At certain celebration days the people from the villages around will come in colourful processions with offerings, umbrellas, flags and other attributes. The holy water is required for ceremonies of the temples in the surrounding as far as Tirta Gangga can be reached by foot. Tirta means blessed water, gangga cames from Ganges, the holy river in India. It is used for religious ceremonies in the temples in the area until today. The water from one of the natural springs of Tirta Gangga has always been regarded as holy. The larger lowest Bhur level, on the left side of the straight foot path running from the entrance to the west, is occupied by the big South pond with the long Demon Island in the middle. This fountain together with the two ponds forms the middle Bwah level. The first thing one sees when entering the garden is the elegant eleven-tiered Nawa Sanga fountain which rises from the middle of the complex. On the highest northern Swah level there are the spring under the Banyan tree, the upper swimming pool and two decorative ponds, one with four fountains reminiscent of Versailles, and the other with Victoria lotuses. The area of the water garden is about 1.2 ha (3 acres), consisting of three levels of ground stretching from east to west. It belongs to the royal family of Karangasem. Tirta Gangga is a well-known cultural object of Bali. (5 miles) north of Amlapura, the main town of east Bali, Indonesia. It is situated in the middle of rice fields around the natural springs of Rejasa, approximately 7 km. Tirta Gangga Royal Water Garden is composed mainly by water, plants and sculptures. It is about 83 km from Denpasar and 6 km from Amlapura to the north. Tirtagangga is situated at Ababi Village, Abang District.
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