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|title=Golden Temple

|image=[[File:DKCR Golden Temple 1.png|260px]]

|world=[[Cloud (world)|Cloud]]

|game=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' (''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|3D]]'')

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This level is much different than any other stage in the game, although in the Wii version it begins in a normal jungle similar to those in the [[Jungle (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Jungle]] world. From in the jungle, the entrance to the temple can be seen, but the [[Kong]]s can only get in if they have the eight orbs. When the orbs are all collected and the primates head in, a cutscene can be seen of [[Donkey Kong|Donkey]] and [[Diddy Kong]] finding a giant, golden banana. After eating some of the fruit, they are sent into the remaining part of the Golden Temple level. In the 3DS version, this part of the level cannot be replayed upon unlocking the Cloud world, since it becomes the Cloud Gateway which immediately warps the Kongs to the Cloud world.

In the main level itself, the Kongs find themselves on a floating platform swaying slightly in the air. A wide abyss is ahead with a giant banana platform and two strawberries to help the primates progress to a smaller platform with a Tiki Doom and [[banana]]s on it. Half of a banana platform floats nearby with two strawberries following it that must lead the heroes towards another banana platform covered in collectible bananas. Tiki Seekers attack the Kongs here. A long, stone platform is after this place with a raised area in the center of it. An urn sits here, and a Kowalee also attacks from the raised section. Bananas and [[Banana|Banana Bunch]]es form straight, vertical lines around the raised area.  

A floating blueberry platform nearby helps the duo reach another giant banana to help them cross an abyss. The banana is cut in half but is immediately followed by another blueberry platform that has a Tiki Tork and a strawberry platform after it. Once Donkey and Diddy hop across these platforms and enemies, they can access a solid platform with a Rawk on it. A row a blueberries are placed ahead, and Tiki Seekers attack around them. Another row of blueberries is also above this first row, and if the Kongs jump on the strawberry located just before the first blueberry in the top row, they are given a [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Puzzle Piece]]. Another solid platform is placed after all of the blueberries. A Tiki Doom and an Awk are on it. There is a longer platform following this with a Tiki Buzz flying in a gap just before it. When the heroes reach the center of this platform, two Kowalees attack them, with one in front of them and another behind. A Tiki Doom and some bananas are between the Kowalees. If the Kongs manage to pass the koala enemies, they are able to reach a blueberry platform and another large banana platform with many bananas circling above it. Cherries on tipping rod-like pillars are ahead after a strawberry platform. The cherries explode shortly after the Kongs stand on them. A strawberry and a Tiki Buzz are between the first two cherries to help the primates avoid falling into a gap.  

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===Puzzle Pieces===

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|An urn is placed at the bottom of the second solid platform at the beginning of the level, which has a Tiki Doom on it. If the Kongs pound on the top of the platform above where the urn is, a Puzzle Piece falls from the sky for them to grab.

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|In the area full of floating blueberries, the primates must climb to the top row of blueberries by jumping from the platform after the floating fruits. If they manage to jump along all of the foods, they can reach a strawberry, which a Puzzle Piece appears on as they approach.

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|There is a large floating banana platform after a pair of Kowalees with many bananas circling above it. If the primates collect all of the bananas, a Puzzle Piece appears high in the air. They must stand on the edge of the banana platform as it rises and then jump to the item to reach it.

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|As Donkey and Diddy Kong progress, they come up to a group of three strawberries floating above a gap. When the Kongs collect a Banana Bunch on one of them, another appears on a different strawberry in the trio. The Kongs must collect all of the Banana Bunches that appear to make a Puzzle Piece fall onto the middle strawberry.

==Names in other languages==

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|JapR=Ōgon no Shinden

|JapM=Golden Temple

|Ita=Piramide scintillante

|ItaM=Sparkling Pyramid

|Ger=Goldener Tempel

|GerM=Golden Temple

==Trivia==

*The tablet at the entrance of the temple where the Rare Orbs are placed resembles the [[wikipedia:Aztec calendar|Aztec calendar]].

*Cranky Kong briefly alludes to the Golden Temple, where he mentions rumors of a Golden Banana that warps people to another dimension, and thinks that is a good way to get rid of Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong for a while.

*A number of unused concepts for other Golden Temple levels were considered and can be seen as concept art if the Puzzle Pieces are obtained on this level. Unused ideas include a "Banana Coaster" (which, as the name implies, involves Donkey Kong riding a mine cart through a level with several banana structures), "Paper Cutouts", "Wacky Blocks" (including blocks from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''), and "Virtual Boy Tracks" (a mine cart level rendered entirely in red outlines on black, as a homage to the [[Virtual Boy]]), and "Crackers and Pudding". The final stage uses elements from the "Golden Bananas" artwork and "Pudding Wonderland". It is not known if these stage ideas were originally intended to be included in addition to the Golden Temple level, or were alternate ideas for a final level.

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