Temples

The Hindu-Balinese faith touches every aspect of people's lives. That's why every community has at least one temple or pura. The largest and most sacred temple in Bali is Besakih, located on the slopes of Mount Agung, more than a thousand years. steps ascend through doors to divide Besakih the main courtyard, where the Trinity shrines are wrapped in cloth and decorated with offerings of flowers.

For the Balinese, a visit to the shrines of the temple is a special pilgrimage. The old temple Tirta Empul revolves around the sacred spring Tampaksiring. Tanah Lot is an important sea temple dedicated to the spirits guardians of the sea. A lakeside Beratan, Ulun Danu is often shrouded in fog and hauntingly beautiful.

Uluwatu temple of the real attraction is its location, where sheer cliffs drop precipitiously in the clear blue sea. Beware of monkeys neighborhood, which like to snatch the glasses and sunglasses and handbags, and everything they can get.

Not for the faint-hearted, GoaLawah Temple is located in a cave filled with thousands of bats and is said to lead all the way to Besakih.

In Mengwi, Taman Ayun Temple has its own distinctive pagodas, which symbolize the sacred mountain Mahameru, the residence of the Supreme God surrounded by a moat in this beautiful temple.

The Balinese also believe that spirits dwell in each of the elements of nature and many places are considered sacred, such as nutmeg ten hectares of forest Sangeh that abounds in monkeys.