Mandala Garuda Wisnu Kencana, or Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK),
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.
Currently, the statue of Vishnu is 23 metres (75.5 ft) high, although
the original plan was for a 146-metre (479 ft) gold-plated Vishnu riding
Garuda on top of an 11-storey entertainment complex. Garuda wing span will be
64 metres (210.0 ft) across. When it's completed, it will be the largest
statue in the world. The idea was not without controversy, and religious
authorities on the island complained that its massive size might disrupt the
spiritual balance of the island, and that its commercial nature was
inappropriate.
On 20 February 2011, British heavy
metal band Iron Maiden played the first
rock concert at the venue to a sold out crowd of over 7,000 fans.
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