Area Districts Tabanan 06 Dec, 2020 01:12 WIB

Indeed, it feels like you will never be bored to visit , because there are certainly interesting tourist attractions that deserve to be visited once, twice, even repeatedly.

Like visiting one of the tourist icons of the Island of the Gods, which is in Beraban, Kediri District, , Bali. The place is called Tanah Lot . The distance is about 45 km from .

The history of the Tanah Lot Temple in Bali is based on legend, told in the 15th century, Bhagawan Dang Hyang Nirartha or known as Dang Hyang Dwijendra carried out a mission to spread from to Bali.

At that time the ruler on the island of Bali was Raja Dalem Waturenggong. He warmly welcomed Dang Hyang Nirartha's arrival 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, it is told that Dang Hyang Nirartha saw the holy light from the southern sea of ??Bali, so Dang Hyang Nirartha looked for the location of the light and arrived at a beach in a village called Beraban Tabanan village.

At that time the village of Beraban 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 the shape of a parrot that was originally on land. In various ways, Bendesa Beraban wanted to expel Dang Hyang Nirartha from his meditation place.

According to the history of Tanah Lot, based on the legend of Dang Hyang Nirartha, he moved the rock (his place of meditation) to the middle of the beach with spiritual power. The rock is named Tanah Lot, which means a rock in the middle of the ocean. He also turned his shawl into a temple guard snake. This snake is still around today and scientifically, this snake is a type of sea snake that has the characteristics of a flat tail like a fish, black and yellow and has a poison 3 times stronger than the cobra snake.

Since that incident, Bendesa Beraban Sakti acknowledged Dang Hyang Nirartha's supernatural powers by becoming his follower to embrace Hinduism along with all local residents. It is told in the history of Tanah Lot, before leaving Beraban village, Dang Hyang Nirartha gave a keris to the Beraban village. The keris has the power to eliminate all diseases that attack plants.

The keris is stored at Kediri and a religious ceremony is made at Tanah Lot Temple every six months. Since this is routinely done by the villagers of Beraban, the welfare of the population has greatly increased with abundant agricultural crops and they live with mutual respect.There are two that stand firmly on the top of the rocks, where the first temple is on top of a large boulder, namely Pura Luhur Tanah Lot. This temple was built to worship the guardian of the sea, in order to maintain the safety and welfare of life.

Meanwhile, on the west side, the temple which juts out a little towards the beach, is Pura Batu Bolong. It is usually used by Hindus to carry out the Melasti ceremony (a ceremony to wash away bad deeds using sea water), as well as other Hindu religious ceremonies.

To see the beauty of Tanah Lot Temple, you have to walk along the beach. If the beach is at low tide, you can easily walk towards the temple. However, if it is high tide, the road to the temple will be covered with water, so it looks like a beautiful coral in the middle of the sea.This temple can only be entered by Hindus who will worship, otherwise you are allowed to walk around the Tanah Lot Temple, which provides various attractions that you can enjoy.

Photo spots as well as shopping experience, where there is a variety of handicrafts are available here. Talking about handicrafts, the Tabanan area is famous for crafting candle bases made of metal plates. In fact, handicrafts made by local people have been sent overseas. This handicraft can be an option for souvenirs besides pottery and ceramics. How interesting.

And you shouldn't miss to see the beauty of the sunset while watching the Dance Fire Show at the Surya Mandala Cultural Park which is located west of Batu Bolong Temple or Melasti Restaurant. However, if you want to see this show, you need to spend IDR 50,000 per person.