Alas Kedaton
( Monkey Forest and Temple )
Alas Kedaton is a small forest
with the width about 6-7ha located in the middle of the rice field
in Tabanan regency, west of Bali. The total size of this forest,
temple and its supporter facility is about 12 ha. In this forest,
there is a temple called Alas Kedaton Temple and owns the natural
environments that is looked green with its fresh air and create
the calm, quite and holy atmosphere. The monkeys in Alas Kedaton
are very tame and free gallivanting in temple yard, so that the
calm atmosphere is sometime solved by noise voice of the monkey,
which are playing around and scrambling of food. The monkeys who
dwell in this forest, there are jump up and down in temple wall,
take a bath in moat or there is also hang out in few leaves representing
impression view. The monkey like as custodian of temple, which are
always ready to greet all visitor who are paying a visit to this
place. Beside monkeys, in Kedaton forest also can be met the bats
and some other animals. At least 24 types of grove plant have been
identified in Alas Kedaton.
Alas Kedaton is located in
Kukuh countryside, Marga Sub district, Tabanan Regency . The journey
go to this place can be done easily by using motor vehicle follow
the major roadway from Denpasar to Tabanan. On the way go to this
tourist place, we will see the beautiful nature view where in front
of us will meet the carpet of rice field and irrigation voice at
the side of road to bear the impression/peaceful atmosphere. Alas
Kedaton Temple have three yard that are external yard, middle and
center yard. In the center and middle yard are encircled by wall
and the outside yard is representing a open yard. The interesting
point of this temple is the inside yard representing holy yard,
its situation lower than the middle yard. This thing is different
compare with the general temples in Bali that are more goes to inside
the temple, the more higher the place will be. Beside of that another
interesting point of this temple owns four entrances.
Temple Festival at Alas Kedaton
Temple
The temple ceremony in alas Kedaton temple is carried out every
210 days a year. It is on Anggarakasih Medangsia (Balinese Hindu
Calendar) or on every Tuesday where on that time the society do
the worship or pray to request the safety and prosperity. The unique
in this ceremony is do not use the fire and do not hence Penjor
and also finished before the sunset or before the night is come.
In growth of handling of this tourist destination, Alas Kedaton
has several become a training location about tourism nature, environmental
handling and agro tourism.
Alas kedaton temple and monkey forest, for
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