Best temples in Indonesia

Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world, but its temples belong to two other traditions: the living Hindu temples, or pura, of Bali and the ancient Buddhist and Hindu monuments of Central Java. Bali has fifteen of the catalogue’s twenty-five: Uluwatu on its cliff, the holy springs of Tirta Empul, Gunung Kawi and the Ubud temples, Ulun Danu Bratan on its lake at Bedugul, Taman Ayun at Mengwi, the mother temple of Besakih and the Lempuyang gate in the east. Around Yogyakarta stand Borobudur, the largest Buddhist monument in the world, and Prambanan, with Mendut, Pawon, Plaosan and Ijo, while Sukuh and Cetho lie on the slopes of Lawu near Solo.