Garuda Wisnu Kencana cultural park

Garuda Wisnu Kencana cultural park is a window of art and culture of the island with a natural background and a very impressive panorama, making one of the main objectives for the various art performances, exhibitions, conferences or religious visits. Garuda Wisnu Kencana cultural park is located at an altitude of 146 meters above ground level or 263 feet above sea level, in the hilly areas of limestone and sandstone, precisely on the hill Pecatu Nusa Dua, Badung district about 40 kilometers south of the city of Denpasar, Bali, approximately 30 minutes drive from Ngurah Rai Airport when using a motor vehicle.

Garuda Wisnu Kencana is defined as the 'Garuda vehicle of Vishnu'. So, in his image later, it would plasticity of Lord Vishnu riding Garuda was the. And the origin of this gallant Garuda eventually become the vehicle of Lord Vishnu is also a story . Garuda is the son of the Winata, wife Bagawan Nagas. Bagawan Nagas themselves had another wife who did not do so well with the Winata, the name Kudra. Worse, his wife of 14 Bagawan Nagas, only two of them who do not also have children, so Bagawan Nagas give them some grains of eggs each child they want.

The Kudra were given 1000 eggs, which then hatch into dragons all, while the Winata given 2 eggs. The child's first name is Aruna Winata. Unfortunately, Aruna hatch with shapes that do not perfectly (no legs and thighs) as solved by force by the Winata who saw the Kudra 100 eggs already hatched first. Because solved by force and not perfectly shaped, Aruna cursed angrily to her mother and her mother would be the slave of the Kudra.

After the death of his mother Aruna who went, came news of the existence of a horse. The Winata said, the color of the horse is entirely white, while the color Kudra said the white horse, but the tail is black. Because of differences of opinion, they finally bet, and guess which one will be the slave of who guessed correctly. For fear of losing, the Kadru told anak2nya order to make the tail of the horse so black. The next day, because it's black ponytail, the Winata was finally defeated and become a slave to the Kadru.

Garuda, the son Winata, who had just hatched from an egg, mencari2 mother who did not also appear. He then found his mother turned out to be a slave being the Kudra. Because do not want to see her be a slave, Garuda was willing to do any kind of make up for his mother. The dragon, the child eventually give Kudra requirement to Garuda to bring heirloom Tirta Amrita before them. Garuda agreed and tried to take the inheritance of Tirta Amrita.

But at the end of the story, Garuda told to let him make so the vehicle of Lord Vishnu. It is he gonna do to redeem and switch to the god Vishnu, as he took my inheritance Tirta Amrita without permission. So after dapet Tirta Amrita heritage of Lord Vishnu, and then frees her from bondage, Garuda went back and kept his promise so made the vehicle of Lord Vishnu.