PURA TANAH LOT

TANAH LOT

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Tanah Lot Temple is a tourist attraction in Bali, Indonesia. Here are two temples located on a large rock. One is located above a rock and the other is located on a cliff similar to Uluwatu Temple. Tanah Lot Temple is part of the Dang Kahyangan Temple. Tanah Lot Temple is a sea temple where the gods guard the sea. Tanah Lot is famous as a beautiful place to see the sunset

• History

History of Tanah Lot Temple Bali Indonesia based on legend, told in the 15th century, Bhagawan Dang Hyang Nirartha or known as Dang Hyang Dwijendra carried out a mission to spread Hinduism from the island of Java to the island of Bali.

At that time the ruling on the island of Bali was King Dalem Waturenggong. He was very welcoming with the arrival of Dang Hyang Nirartha in carrying out his mission, so that the spread of Hinduism made it to remote villages on the island of Bali.

In the history of Tanah Lot, narrated Dang Hyang Nirartha, seeing the holy light from the direction of the south sea of ​​Bali, then Dang Hyang Nirartha looked for the location of the light and arrived at a beach in the village called Beraban Tabanan village.

At that time Beraban village was led by Bendesa Beraban Sakti, who strongly opposed the teachings of Dang Hyang Nirartha in spreading Hinduism. Bendesa Beraban Sakti, adheres to monotheism.

Dang Hyang Nirartha meditated on a rock that resembled a parrot shape which was originally on land.

In various ways Bendesa Beraban wanted to expel the presence of Dang Hyang Nirartha from his place of meditation.

According to the history of Tanah Lot, based on the legend of Dang Hyang Nirartha, moving the rock (the place of meditation) to the middle of the beach with spiritual power. The rock is named Tanah Lot which means batukarang in the middle of the ocean.

Since that incident Bendesa Beraban Sakti acknowledged the magic that Dang Hyang Nirartha possessed by becoming his followers to embrace Hinduism along with all the local residents.

Narrated in the history of Tanah Lot, before leaving Beraban village, Dang Hyang Nirartha gave a keris to Bendesa Beraban. The keris has the power to eliminate all diseases that attack plants.

The keris is stored in Puri Kediri and a religious ceremony is made at Tanah Lot Temple every six months. Since this is done routinely by the villagers of Beraban, the welfare of the population has greatly increased with abundant agricultural crops and they live with mutual respect.

• Legend

According to legend, this temple was built by a brahman who wandered from Java, namely Nirartha Danghyang who managed to strengthen the Balinese people's belief in Hindu teachings and build Sad Kahyangan in the 16th century. At that time, the ruler of Tanah Lot named Bendesa Beraben was jealous of him because his followers began to go to follow the Nirartha Danghyang. Bendesa Beraben then ordered Danghyang Nirartha to leave Tanah Lot. Nirangha's Danghyang agreed, but before that he had moved his Stone Bunk to the center of the beach (not to the sea) and built a temple there. He also turned his shawl into a temple guardian snake. This snake still exists today and scientifically this snake is a type of sea snake that has the characteristics of a flat tail like a fish, black with a yellow color and has a poison 3 times stronger than a cobra snake. Finally it was stated that Bendesa Beraben became a follower of Nirartha Danghyang.

• Renovation

Tanah lot temple has been disturbed by abrasion and erosion due to waves and wind. Therefore, the Bali government through the Bali Coast Regional Security Project installed tetrapods as breakwaters and strengthened the cliffs around the temple in the form of artificial coral. The area around Tanah Lot is also laid out considering the role of Tanah lot as one of the tourist destinations in Bali.

The first renovation was carried out since 1987 as a phase I protection project. At this stage, a two ton heavy breakwater (tetrapod) was placed in front of Tanah Lot Temple. In addition, concrete banks and artificial walls are also built as a protective surge. However, laying tetrapods disrupted the beauty and beauty of the surrounding environment so that a feasibility study was conducted involving religious leaders and the local community in 1989. Underwater breakwater building designs and artificial coral making were made in 1992 and renewed in 1998. the temple began to take place around June 2000 and was completed in February 2003 through a Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) loan assistance fund of Rp.95 billion. Overall work includes Wantilan, Pewaregan, Paebat, Candi Bentar buildings, arrangement of parking areas, and arrangement of roads and parks in lot land area