Pantai Pandawa beach
Pandawa Beach, locally referred to as ‘Pantai Pandawa’, is a great
addition to Bali’s collection of gorgeous beaches.
Besides its impressive
natural sea panorama of white sand, blue sky and surf, Pandawa Beach is also
best known for its impressive terrain and manmade limestone features that serve
as a one of a kind welcome into this coastal area. Huge cliffs were cut through
to make way for its winding and smooth asphalt roads which lead down to the
beach.
The sides remained as high
walls, while the ocean-facing cliffs midway down the slope feature deeply
carved arches installed with large statues. They each depict the hero
characters from the Mahabharata epic, known as the ‘five Pandawas’, hence the
name of the beach.
There are six white stone statues draped in colorful Balinese
waistcloths, namely Dewi Kunti, the mother figure from the epic, and the five
heroes: Dharmawangsa (also known by the name Yudhistira), Bima, Arjuna, Nakula
and Sahadewa.
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