Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK), is a 240 hectares private
cultural park on Bukit Peninsula at
the southern end of the island of Bali in Indonesia, 15 minutes from Ngurah Rai International
Airport. Bukit is a limestone plateau
with Uluwatu to the
west and Nusa Dua to the
east. Garuda Wisnu Kencana is devoted to the Hindu god Vishnu,
and his mount, Garuda,
the mythical bird who is his companion. If you want to stay
around here to visit this place, you can find so many luxury hotels and low
budget villas through some hotel finder applications on your mobile phone.
Currently, the
statue of Vishnu is 23 meters (75.5 ft) high, although the original plan
was for a 146-metre (479 ft) gold-plated Vishnu riding Garuda on top of an
11-storey entertainment complex. Garuda wing span will be 64 meters
(210.0 ft) across. When it's completed, it will be the largest statue
in the world. The idea was not without controversy, and religious
authorities on the island complained that its massive size might disrupt the
spiritual balance of the island, and that its commercial nature was
inappropriate, but some groups agree with the project, because it will make new
tourist attraction over barren land
The project of
Garuda Wisnu Kencana was initated by GWK Foundation to promote the idea of the
project back in 1992 with the vision of becoming the landmark of Bali’s world
known tourist destination. One of the founders of GWK Foundation, Mr. I Nyoman
Nuarta, who is also the conceptor behind the iconic masterpiece, began to
realize his big idea by developing the existing limestone hill through a
combined land art approach with a modern Architectural Landscape, alongside a
strong idealism to continuously align the harmony between human, environment and
God the Almighty.
At Garuda
Wisnu Kencana, you can find so many pleasures as the representative of
modernity and art. Here, you will be served with street theatre where you can
see the beautiful of Balinese art to close your evening. Discovering the beauty
of Balinese dances, you may watch so many daily performances represent Balinese
arts. If you want to taste the great and delicious Balinese and Indonesian
foods, Jendela Bali restaurant is ready to serve you.
Services Provided in this are are as follow:
- Parking area
- Toilet
- Restaurant
- Theater
- Art stalls
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