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Heaven sent

t’s a spiritual moment being inside Goa Giri Putri, a Shivaite Buddhist temple located halfway up a hill on the east side of the Indonesian island of Penida. I had to haul myself up 100 steep steps to reach the holy temple’s entrance; I deserve the cool splash of purifying water that a priest anoints me with when I arrive. It’s a

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