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 | | North, South, East, West and the centre are the dwelling places of the Hindu pantheon, Wisnu, Brahma, Iswara, Mahadewa and Ciwa, each with their different attributes, setting the order which mankind must follow to maintain harmony above and below. |
 | | The location of each building is thus denoted; kitchen to the south as Brahma is the god of fire, and family shrines to the northeast honouring both the holy mountains in the north and Ciwa in the east. |
 | | To the north is the Pura Puseh, for the worship of God in the manifestation of Wisnu, the preserver of life, and in the south is generally the Pura Dalem, domain of Ciwa, who completes the cycle of existence by dissolving all physical things back to nothingness, releasing the spirit to be reborn. |
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