From an ancient river in India to a Goddess inspiring art, music and learning across Asia, Saraswati flows through history, myth and human creativity. Honoured in sacred texts, celebrated in Bali’s vibrant rituals and revered from Nepal to Japan, she embodies wisdom, inspiration and the eternal current of thought. Her presence reminds us that knowledge and creativity are never still, they ripple, dance and transform, shaping both the world and the mind.

Radiant in white and adorned with shimmering mirrors, the White Temple embodies the journey toward spiritual purity and enlightenment. Its gleaming surfaces symbolise Buddha’s divine wisdom, while the mirrored mosaics reflect the light of truth that dispels ignorance. Conceived as a visual meditation on the path to nirvana, Wat Rong Khun invites reflection on the struggle between temptation and purity that lies at the heart of the human experience.

Agung Padangtegal Temple is one of the primary temples located within the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud, Bali. Established in the late 14th century, the temple serves as a key spiritual site for the local community, dedicated primarily to the worship of Hindu deities and various ancestral spirits. It is considered the main temple of the forest complex and plays a central role in religious ceremonies.

In the heart of Batuan village stands Pura Puseh Desa Batuan, one of Bali’s oldest and most spiritually charged temples. Founded in 1020 AD and recorded in Balinese historical texts for over a millennium, it is rooted in something far older, believed to have been built atop a megalithic stone circle, echoing the ancient power of Stonehenge, where ancestral rites were once performed.

Protected by steep, jungled slopes, the remote mountain village of Trunyan rests on the eastern shores of the vast Batur crater lake, at the foot of Mount Abang. The people of Trunyan practice unique and ancient rituals of Animism found nowhere else in Bali, which predates the arrival of Hinduism or Buddhism on the Island of the Gods.

Located within the Royal Square at the ancient city of Angkor Thom, the Terrace of the Leper King is an elevated stone platform, adorned with a series of enigmatic bas reliefs, which dates back to the late Angkorian period during the reign of King Jayavarman VII.