On the side of the main shrine is a depiction of a westerner riding a bicycle . The relief is a depiction of Dutch artist W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp who explored Bali with his bicycle in 1904 . This is not the only depiction of a westerner in a Balinese temple : At the Pura Dalem , Jagaraga , to the east of Singaraja , a relief shows a car driven by bearded foreigners being held up by a gangster armed with a revolver . The reason for a number of international-influenced reliefs in the temples of northern Bali is because of it being the entrance to the island of Bali in the early 20th century . The man on a bicycle relief is not in its original condition as it was badly damaged in the 1917 earthquake and was altered during the restoration process . The restoration adds more floral decoration in the original bas-relief
1917 earthquake
1917 Bali earthquake
Pura Meduwe Karang