KERTHA GOSA PARK
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Klungkung Courthouse, a monument decorated with remarkable paintings by Pan Seken and his son.
The painted ceiling of the Kerta Gosa (Palace of Justice) was partially destroyed by the eruption of Mount Batur in 1917, and was repainted by the great artist Pan Seken in 1930 in the Kamasan style. His son, Pan Semaris, completed his father's work by restoring all the panels in 1960. Some of the panels have been painted with acrylics, and the result is strikingly luminous. They are arranged in 9 levels, and are read in a succession of images. The first panels speak of the Pancatantra, or the 5 episodes of the Tantri story. Like the Arabian Nights, this is a tale that Tantri unfolds night after night. In level 2, the adventures of Bima Swarga, one of the 5 Pandawa brothers in the Mahabharata , who wanders the evil underworld in search of his parents' souls. Level 4 is the Garuda's search foramerta (the water of life), which will free him and his mother Winita from slavery. Level 5 represents the dangers of the earthquakes that were to distress the population. Levels 6 and 7 continue Bima's story. Level 8, the Swarga Roh, describes the sweetness of paradise or liberation.
The final level, Lokapala, depicts a lotus surrounded by the doves of supreme deliverance.
The punishments incurred by sinners, lovers and seducers are depicted in such a way that the accused, while awaiting the decision on their sentence, could not fail to read the long series of torments described on the panels.
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