Nusa Tenggara / West Nusa Tenggara / Narmada
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 the king became
too old to make the pilgrimage up the 3,726-meter high mountain,
he had Narmada constructed to represent the mountains and the
lake. Near the pond is a place of worship and a spring whose water
is believed to give dedicated pilgrims eternal youth.
Though these laws cover both same-sex and opposite-sex sexual activities, they may differ in regard to punishment, and may be more frequently (or exclusively) enforced on those who engage in same-sex sexual activities.
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Jan Garanoz
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Mumbai - 400049 India
Last updated: May 10, 2010