Mayura Water Palace is located in the center of business life in the area Kakranagera. Its strategic location and historical significance make it popular among tourists, both local and foreign. At a time when there ruled Balinese princes, Mayura was the administrative and political center of the island of Lombok. This quiet place is the antithesis of the noisy main street Kakranagery and is a fine example of traditional Balinese architecture.

The palace was built in 1744 for the Balinese royal court, situated around a large square pool surrounded by a garden and surrounded by a low stone wall, decorated with intricate carvings depicting animals .  Location of the palace pool is designed to enhance the beauty of the park .  At its center is open on one side of the pavilion, which can be reached through a specially built bridge .  In the old days there was a court conference hall .  The original structure is called Bale Kambang (in the local language means "small island"), its location in the middle of the pool like a small island in the ocean .  This pavilion is a bit like on the other, located in Klungkung in Bali, but is much smaller and not so richly decorated .  They say that such floating pavilions were built in case of persecution during the Dutch colonial era .  Above the water surface and towering sculpture of a peacock, and statues of the inhabitants of Western Asia .  They were established in gratitude to the king for his friend the governor of Pakistan for his proposal to get rid of snakes using peacocks .  The palace complex mangosteen grows a lot of trees, which create a cool shade in the park .

The word "Mayura" has a Sanskrit origin and means "peacock". It is said that during the reign of King Anak Agung Ngurah Karangasem, in the palace garden inhabited by many snakes, which created a lot of inconvenience, and the king decided to ask for help from his best friend, the governor of Pakistan in the fight against them. So there were peacocks in the garden.

In 1894, when the Balinese and Dutch colonists were fighting for control of Lombok, Mayura Water Palace was the site of some of the fiercest fighting. Dutch army camped outside the palace, which was a serious strategic miscalculation: the Balinese, armed with rifles and shot from the walls of the palace all the enemy forces. Several old Dutch cannons and Balinese statues still cherish the memory of those events.

A stone's throw from the Palace of Mayura is the largest Balinese temple. It was built in 1720 and is still used by Hindu believers for religious holidays every full moon, and on special occasions. One of the most important ceremony is a celebration of the full moon Prunama Kimpat, the fourth month of the Balinese calendar. The shrine is open to tourists, but want to visit it have to wear a sarong. If you believe the keepers of the park, his spirit dwells in this temple.