The word Kehen or Keren signifying fire so this temple can also be literally called as the temple of fire or Hyang Api accoding to the old inscription which dated to year of 882. It is located in the vicinity of Pakuwon, 1,5 km in the north of Bangli, and about 45 km away from Denpasar.

This temple has some unique features and specialties such as the layout of it alone which is different from mostly known Balinese temples at large. Usually Balinese temple is started with split gate or Candi Bentar in the front to enter and then followed by Kori Agung in the middle to lead you to go to the inner courtyard, this temple showing the opposite.

After step up stairs whose both side decorated with the statues from Ramayana epic, and passing the statues of elephants which serve the function of the Dwara Pala or guardian statue, you shall then be welcome by Kori Agung or Paduraksa to enter the inner court yard of the temple. In here then you can see some buildings and shrines where the praying take place.

One of the important buildings is Meru, pagoda-like shrine with 11 roofs, one on the top of the other which gets smaller and smaller when it gets to the top from the biggest based one; these 11 roofs represent the 11 different forms of manifestations of Siwa or Eka Dasa Rudra.

The other old inscription which written in Old Javanese writing mentioned that the king Sri Adikuntiketana ruled the land of Bangli and also to preserve and maintain the temple.