Address: Desa Bedulu, Banjar Legas, Jalan Yeh Pulu(?)

Part of a bas relief with scenes from the Tantri cycle at the base of a building in Lempad’s Bedulu house.

Getting there: Walk up Jl Yeh Puluh past Pura Pengastulan temple and the school and turn left. Then look for two unfinished monkey carvings on either side of a house entrance on the left.

Born in 1862, Lempad lived for his first 11 years in this modest dwelling in a village that was part of the Blahbatuh Kingdom.

He then fled to Ubud with his father who had suddenly become the Blahbatuh king’s political enemy. Continue reading →