Para Ulun Danu Bratan Bali Indonesia - Bedoegoel, Indonesia
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Becktracker
S 08° 16.521 E 115° 09.984
50L E 298043 N 9084796
The Pura Ulun Danu Beratan temple is a great sight in Bali, and you can buy it as a puzzle.
Waymark Code: WM15CRK
Location: Indonesia
Date Posted: 12/08/2021
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Our honeymoon took place in Indonesia and we had a tour together with a group. Bali was the third island we visited. This temple (with a very difficult name) was a very nice place to discover. The temple island is famous and has been pictures a lot. I discovered this puzzle with a 100% same view! When we visited it was more misty and moments after I took this picture, the mist obscured the view of the temple.
About the Pura Ulun Danu Beratan temple (
visit link)
"Pura Ulun Danu Beratan, or Pura Bratan, is a major Hindu Shaivite temple in Bali, Indonesia. The temple complex is on the shores of Lake Bratan in the mountains near Bedugul. The water from the lake serves the entire region in the outflow area; downstream there are many smaller water temples that are specific to each irrigation association (subak).
n Bali, Hindu temples are known as "pura", being designed as open-air places of worship in walled compounds. The compound walls have a series of intricately decorated gates without doors for the devotee to enter. The design and plan of the holy pura follows a square layout. A typical temple is laid out according to ancient Lontar texts with three courtyards separated by low walls pierced by ornate gateways. The outer courtyard is for secular pursuits, with pavilions used for meetings, resting performers and musicians at festivals. Food stalls are set up here during festivals. The middle courtyard is a transition zone between the human and divine sections; here offerings are prepared and temple paraphernalia are stored. The inner courtyard is the site of the shrines and religious ceremonies. The shrines are known as merus and are square structures with brick bases and multiple pagoda-style thatched roofs; the number of roofs reflects the status of the deity, and is always an odd number. Pura Ulun Danu Beratan is one of the nine 'Kahyangan Jagat' temples on Bali. The temple complex consists of five various shrines dedicated to other Hindu gods as well.
Built in 1633, the temple is used for offerings and ceremonies dedicated to the Balinese water, lake and river goddess Dewi Danu, due to the importance of Lake Bratan as a main source of irrigation in central Bali. The 11-storey pelinggih meru in the complex is dedicated to Shiva and his consort Parvathi. Buddha's statue is also enshrined in this temple. This temple is also called the "Bali temple on the Lake" because it looks as if it is floating when the Bratan River rises."