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Scenes
Meaning
Waves beat at the foot of the rock and the sunset spreads behind the temple, until the rising tide sets it adrift as an island on the sea.
Tradition holds that it was founded in the 16th century by the sage Dang Hyang Nirartha, come from Java, and it is honored as one of Bali's sea temples dedicated to the god of the ocean. It has long been beloved for the way it stands alone upon the water, cut off from the mainland at high tide.
Field notes
- Location
- Tabanan, Bali · Indonesia · S8.6° · E115.1°
- Best time
- At low tide, when you can walk out to the rock, and at dusk as the sunset spreads
- Getting there
- About an hour's drive from Denpasar, on the Tabanan coast.
- Etiquette
- The inner temple is reserved for worshippers; keep to the set areas and observe its customs.
Sources
- · Encyclopaedia Britannica: Bali
- · UNESCO: Cultural Landscape of Bali Province
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