Articles tagged ‘temple’
Important Balinese temples
By Nick | November 9th, 2007 |
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Bali has thousands of temples, when you take into account the major temples, village and family temples. For a newcomer it can be hard to get grip of what the temples stand for and how important they are.
Pura Luhur Uluwatu Bali
By Nick | November 22nd, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Pura Luhur Uluwatu is one of Bali’s kayangan jagat (directional temples) and guards Bali from evil spirits from the SW.
Balinese ceremony in Legian Bali
By Nick | November 20th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Traffic, fumes, moneychangers, touts and noise. Man do we all hate these things. Makes us wonder what Bali has become and why we come here. This afternoon, while strolling down Jl. Legian in search of something to eat, I stumbled across an upacara Balinese ceremony.
Popular and less trafficked Temple sites: Pura Rambut Siwi
By Nick | September 21st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Pura Rambut Siwi is one of the coastal temples in Bali and is perched on a cliff in the west of the island. It is not however one of the 9 ‘kayangan jagat’ or directional temples that protect Bali from evil spirits in all directions. The temple was founded in the 16th Century by a [...]
Popular and less trafficked Temple sites: Goa Lawah
By Nick | August 25th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Goa Lawah means ‘bat cave‘ in Balinese, and in Bali, Goa lawah is a famous tourist attraction, as well as a place of religious importance to the Balinese people. The temple was founded in 1007, by Empu Kuteran. Though the temple is small, it is considered very auspicious and is one of the 9 kayangan [...]
Popular and less trafficked Temple sites: Pura Luhur Batukaru
By Nick | August 23rd, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Bali has tens of thousands of temples and they come in all sizes. Often the larger temples, or pura, feel like a tourist trap with tour buses and drink stalls lined up or hundreds of meters outside the main gate. One of my favourite temples in Pura Luhur Batukaru in Tabanan. This temple is located [...]
Klenteng Darma Yasa: Tanjung Benoa, Bali
By Barrie | July 11th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Nusa Dua was one place I had never had a yearning to visit and probably because I dislike ostentatiousness. When I went there with Candika I found the best way is to drive straight through it and up to the old port area.
Pura Durga Kutri
By Nick | March 25th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Around the backside of the temple was a set of steep stone steps. In all cultures the higher you get, the more important something is, so I didn’t need a guidebook to tell me there was something special up there. After consulting the pemangku (temple priest), I ascended, taking care not to fall over the [...]
Pura Bukit Dharma Durga Kutri: Inner courtyard
By Nick | March 25th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
A jaba tengah (middle courtyard) was off to the left side, which I bypassed. It was marked with a sign saying ‘Pura Puseh / Desa - Desa Pekraman Kutri’ (the village temple and temple of the founders of Kutri village). Heading straight to the elegant jeroan (inner courtyard), where the important temple ceremonies are [...]
Pura Bukit Dharma Durga Kutri
By Nick | March 25th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Pura Bukit Dharma Durga Kutri, located a few kms west of Gianyar is a temple I have never visited. My guidebook says “The small village of Kutri is home to the Pura Bukit Dharma Durga Kutri. Well established on the tour-bus route, this temple has fine carvings of elephants guarding the the outer gate and [...]
