Straight from the airport to our first stop, Taman Ayun.
From the tour company: Pura taman ayun is a beautifully appointed temple, with its own surrounding moat, in the village of Mengwi, 18 km from Denpasar.
The history of this temple is closely associated with the beginning of the Raja Dom of Mengwi, in 1627. It was built in 1634, at the time at the rule of the first Raja of Mengwi. I Gusti Agung Ngurah Made Agung, who letter become known as Ida Cokorda Sakti Belambangan.
In the innermost sanctum, the shrines of 11, 9, 7, 5, and 3 roofs are dedicated to various other main temples on the island.
These shrines were built by the Raja to ensure that his Kingdom and people would be able to share in the prosperity and fertility of the nation, and also to enable all the people at Mengwi, to conduct the religious ceremonies at the temple, such as "meajar–ajar", Memendak Sang Pitara and also to request holy water to protect the rice fields from pestilence, etc.
Pacung
One of the most famous rice–paddy panoramas on Bali, offering expansive views over the broad and gently sloping terraces sculpted from the south–facing hillsides.
I enjoyed a ham sandwich...my first in MONTHS:
Ulun Danu Beratan Temple
This temple is located on the shore beside of Lake Beratan, about 61 km to the north of Denpasar. It is surrounded by the Puncak Mangu mountains.
This temple is an original Subak temple (farmer´s society temple) and is dedicated to the goddess of the lake "Dewi danu". The temple was build around 1633 AD. the complex of the temple consists of 4 different temple compounds:
The temple of Lingga Petak, a single shrine of three roofs dedicated to Lord Ciwa (Shiva). When the temple was restored, the builder found a big white stone, flanked by two smaller stones. The dominance of white stone in relation to the other stones is resembled a lingga (phallic, symbol of Ciwa) therefore this shrine is called Lingga petak or Ulun Danu. It represents the reproductive power of Ciwa as the God of fertility.
The related temple of Puncak Mangu has a single shrine of eleven roofs dedicated to Lord Wisnu in his manifestation as the Goddess of the Lake Dewi Danu.
The related temple of Teratai Bang is dedicated to Lord Brahma.
The final temple of Dalem purwa / suci is dedicated to Dewi Uma Bhogawati the Goddess of food and drink.
We were lucky enough to be there after a ceremony, and witnessed a parade of Balinese:
Munduk Waterfall
Tanah Lot Temple
This temple is located at southern coast of Bali Island, Kediri district, Tabanan regency. The history of this temple is closely related to Dandhyang Nirartha´s pilgrimage to Bali Island, here he spent the night while teaching the Religion, Morality to the local people who came to him. After he left, the local people built a temple on a small island in around 1489 M which was used as a place for worshiping the supreme Godhead to asked prosperity and welfare.
This temple/Kahyangan named "Pura pakendungan" which is now known as "Tanah Lot". Apparently the Japanese moved it during the occupation--it had been beautiful, but with the new placement, was better outlined by the sunset.
Best sunset on the island:
Followed by the traditional kecak (fire) dance:
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