Travel Ideas: Visit Temples Of Bali

Bali’s best-known attractions are its countless Hindu temples. Each village is required by adat (customary law) to construct and maintain at least three temples: the pura puseh (temple of origin) located at the kaja (pure) side of the village, the pura desa (village temple) at the centre for everyday community activities and the pura dalem(temple of the dead) at the kelod (unclean) end. Wealthy villages may well have more than these three obligatory temples, and additionally all family compounds have a temple of some nature. To enter any temple you must be appropriately dressed with a sarong and sash. These are always available for rental at the large temples which attract a lot of tourists (usually included if you’re paying to enter, else a few thousand rupiah per set), but it’s better to buy one of each when you arrive and use them throughout your visit.

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Bali’s Hindu culture and history is exquisitely unique. Most tourists engage in shopping, partying and beach life to miss the opportunity to understand and absorb at least some of this. You cannot fail to see temples, come across ceremonies and witness daily offerings, and those who take the time and effort to understand what is going on around them will find their visit very rewarding.

One often discovers several hot springs to be explored in Bali. One of them, on the north coast of the island near Lovina, is Air Banjar wherein stone mouth carvings allow hot water to pass between the pools, which are set in lush gardens. Another good choice is at Toya Bungkah on the shores of Lake Batur, high in the north eastern mountains.

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Bali At A Glance

Bali, as they say is the famed Island of the Gods, with its varied landscape of hills and mountains, rugged coastlines and sandy beaches, lush rice terraces and barren volcanic hillsides all providing a picturesque backdrop to its colorful, deeply spiritual and unique culture, stakes a serious claim to be paradise on earth. With world-class surfing and diving, a large number of cultural, historical and archaeological attractions, and an enormous range of accommodations, this is one of the world’s most popular island destinations and one which consistently wins travel awards. Bali has something to offer a very broad market of visitors from young back-packers right through to the super-rich.

Events and Holidays: Bali Festivals & Holidays

The Day of Absolute Silence or “Nyepi” is a very special day to the Balinese. This is the day that they have to fool all evil spirits that no one is actually on Bali – that’s why there is a need for silence. It is believed that the evil spirits will go looking elsewhere for their prey and leave Bali Island alone for another year – if this is achieved. Balinese people are very religious and life is full of ritual – Nyepi is one of the most important days in their calendar. Police and security implements this to make sure that everyone follows.

Travel Ideas: Bali, Indonesia Overview

“Paradise” is used a lot in Bali and not without reason. The combination of friendly, hospitable people, a magnificently visual culture combined with spirituality amazing beaches with great surfing and diving have made Bali Indonesia’s unequaled number one tourist attraction. Eighty percent of international visitors to Indonesia visit Bali and Bali alone. Bali is a wonderful destination with something for everyone, and though heavily travelled, it is still easy to find some peace and quiet, if you like.

This place is one of more than 17,000 islands in the Indonesian archipelago and is located just over 2 kilometers from the eastern tip of the island of Java and west of the island of Lombok. The island is home to about 4 million people and is approximately 144 kilometers from east to west and 80 kilometers north to south.