Mandala Garuda Wisnu Kencana, private cultural park on the Bukit Peninsula

Garuda Wisnu Kencana

Mandala Garuda Wisnu Kencana, or Garuda Wisnu Kencana, is a 240 hectares private cultural park on the Bukit Peninsula at the southern end of the island of Bali in Indonesia, 15 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport. Bukit is a limestone plateau with Uluwatu to the west and Nusa Dua to the east.
It is devoted to the Hindu god Vishnu, and his mount, Garuda, the mythical bird who is his companion.
After dormant moment, in 2013 Nyoman Nuarta who has most of the GWK's land and PT Alam Sutera Realty Tbk made join cooperation, but there is no declare share portion available. PT Alam Sutera Realty Tbk will build some luxurius villas and apartments in the GWK area and as the compensation the company will disburse Rp150 billion ($14.4 million). Nuarta will spend from his own pocket another Rp20 billion to make another bust, because the existing bust will move to other site 300 meters from the original site and Rp29 billion to make new design of stainless stell frameworks of the statue instead of using galvanized stell in the previous design. It is predicted that the project will be finished in early 2015.
In mid-2013, GWK site become a prestigious wedding venue and has been chosen as a venue of many international events. Everyday 3,000 tourists visit GWK site.

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