On the estuary of a lazy river, along the beach northwest of Kuta, is unusual Pura Petitenget (tenget means 'holy ground'). Built entirely of white coral, this traditional temple was founded by one of the first Hindu-Javanese priests, Sanghyang Nirartha, on his journey along the beach to Uluwatu in ancient times.

After defeating a local 'bhuta', this Balinese-Hindu saint invited the people of the village of Krobokan to build a temple here to commemorate the place the sacred books of India, the Vedas, were first brought to Bali. Pura Petitenget shares a common forecourt with the 'subak' temple of Pura Ulun Tanjung. By a bizarre coincidence, this was also the spot where the first Dutchman, Captain Cornelis de Houtman, set foot on Bali in 1596.