TANAH LOT BALI

Tourism object is located in the village of Tanah Lot Kediri Tabanan Beraban District, about 13 km west of Tabanan. Pura Tanah Lot on the north side there is a temple located on top of the cliff that jutted into the sea. This cliff temple connect with the land and shaped like a bridge (arch). Tanah Lot, famous as a beautiful place to watch the sunset (sunset), the tourists are usually crowded in the afternoon to see the beauty of the sunset here.

Luhur Pura Tanah Lot is built around a century Nirartha VXI by Dang Hyang, a Hindu priest Siva from the land of Java. Supernal temple above a sea corals ditengah2 Indonesia is satu2nya sights like this in Bali.

Around the temple, there is a cave who is a place of deep-sea serpents bersarangnya dubbed the sacred serpent. Saint is said because the community around believing that this snake is the guardian of the temple of Tanah Lot.

According to legend, this temple was built by a Brahmin who wander from Java. He is a successful Nirartha which will strengthen the belief of the Balinese Hindu teachings and build Sad Goda at the 16th century. At that time the ruler of Tanah Lot, Bendesa Beraben, jealous of him because his followers began to leave and follow Nirartha. Bendesa Beraben Nirartha ordered to leave the Tanah Lot. He agreed, and before leaving Tanah Lot, he was with his strength to move boulders into the middle of the beach (not into the sea) and build a temple there. He also changed the shawl into a snake temple guards. This snake is still there today and scientifically snakes including sea snakes that have a characteristic flat tail like a fish, striped black and yellow and has 3 times more powerful toxins from cobra snake. End of the legend states that Bendesa Beraben 'finally' a follower Nirartha.

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