Pulasari

Pulasari rises above the western end of Java as a stratovolcano with a deep crater and sulphurous vents. The mountain was a sacred place in the Sunda kingdom: a temple stood on its high ground, with images of Hindu deities including Shiva, Durga and Ganesha. Local tradition recalls that in the sixteenth century Maulana Hasanuddin of Banten spent years on the mountain, where many religious teachers embraced Islam while others departed for the southern highlands.