TANAH LOT TEMPLE

Tanah Lot Temple is located in coastal periphery in Beraban countryside, Kediri sub district and Tabanan Regency. It's distance about 30Km in west side of Denpasar City and about 11 Km in south side of Tabanan town. The temple is built above land of coral reef with size more than 3 acre and reachable in a few minute by walk, because its distance only about 100 meters from coastal lip, if the sea water in low level. At some nooks of coral reef around Tanah Lot Temple there are holy tame snake in black and white color and according to the local society as deity property and as the guard of the temple from the bad influence.

Tanah Lot Temple in Philosophy
The word of Tanah Lot consisted of two words that are Tanah word interpreted as a reef looking like gili or isle. Lot or Lod word has meaning the sea. So Tanah Lot is meaning the small island floating on the sea. The location now called Tanah Lot have been used at a Megalithic period as place which looked into holy, proven from the existence of memoir. Pursuant to environmental condition, hence the structure of Tanah Lot temple is built at irregular reef plain of its angle which only consisted of one plain yard as Jeroan. Function of Tanah Lot temple knowable for example from function of temple building (Pealinggih core) especial building which are exist in Jeroan area that is to worship of Baruna God or Bhatara Segara that is potency power go out to the sea with the media of worship Meru ( high rise temple building) and to worship and also respect the Danghyang Nirartha for Miraculous God with the media of worship Meru with 3 high rise temple building.
To know the status of Tanah Lot Temple for example is knowable from the temple history, function and also incoming devotee existence pray when temple ceremony is held. Knowable in this case that :
Tanah Lot Temple as sad Kahyangan Jagad (sad mean six in number, Holy Temples in Bali ), because the history and also especially the Penyiwi (The people taking care of the temple) is from the people or society of Tabanan regency and its surroundings.
Tanah Lot temple as Segara Temple because its function as sanctum to worship the Bhatara Segara, the God with manifestation as Power Deity go out to sea and oceanic.
It is require to be opened related here animal type becoming the unique tourism object in Tanah Lot temple is snake which is generally can be met in coast having water skin-deep, especially in river estuary. Part of its stomach there no athwart skin, there's only small skin, but this sea water snake very noxious but snakebite case are very den happened, because the sea water snake generally very passive.
Tanah Lot is a place to visit in Bali, As a favorite tourism object in Bali, Tanah Lot owns a magnificent view in particular at the sunset time where the sun slows down to the earth stomach. Every visitor who is paying a visit to this place will be marveled to see the beauty panorama of Tanah Lot. Its Coast is rock bound and its wave is big adds the beauty of Tanah Lot Temple which can be seen from various location. Beside of Tanah Lot Temple there are other temples which can be seen on your visit to Tanah Lot like Batu Bolong Temple, Batumejan Temple and Enjung Galuh Temple.

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