Mount Agung is a volcano located in northeastern Bali, Indonesia. As the highest point on the island, it stands at 9,888 feet (3,014 meters) and is a significant site of traditional veneration.

In 1963, after being dormant for 120 years, Mount Agung erupted, resulting in the deaths of approximately 1,600 people and leaving 86,000 homeless.

Balinese mythology offers two explanations for the mountain's significance. One myth suggests that the deities created mountains as their thrones, placing the highest one, Mount Agung, in Bali. Another myth recounts that the deities found the island unstable and wobbling, so they placed the holy mountain of Hinduism, Mahameru—renamed Gunung Agung—on it to stabilize the land.

To the Balinese, Mount Agung is known as the “Navel of the World,” and every temple in Bali features a shrine dedicated to its spirit. Religious items, including temple offerings and cremation mounds, are shaped like mountains in reverence to Mount Agung. The island's mother temple, Pura Besakih, is situated on its slopes.