How if you discover a temple on the tip of the cliff? Will
it be a wonderful scenery? Uluwatu will. Uluwatu is a Hindu temple set on
the cliff in the south part of Bali Peninsula. Uluwatu is one of the must visiting
destinations in Bali. You will not regret when you step on the path to Uluwatu
because you will be served with the beautiful forest and its populations
inside. Do not be afraid or surprised if you see big monkeys here because they
are some of the populations living in this area. At the end of the path, you
will see how beautiful the temple is.
Uluwatu is one of Sad
Kahyangan Temple in Bali (six big groups of Bali Temples), which is located in Pecatu
Village, Sub district of South Kuta, and Badung Regency or about 25 Km in
the southern part of Denpasar. It is located on the coral reef sordid to sea which
is about 80 meters above the sea level. It is featured by a small dry forest
which is mostly called by Alas Kekeran (interdict forest) which belongs to the
temple and dwelt by a lot of monkeys and other species. The name of Uluwatu comes
from the word “Ulu” which means “head” and “Watu” which means “stone”.
Therefore, Uluwatu Temple means the temple built on tip of coral reef.
On the right and left side of
the temple’s building or it is called as “Pelinggih Ida Bagus Ratu Jurit” is located
in a group of Uluwatu Temple, there are two stone mangers that look like a
boat. When both of them are united, hence, it looks similar with sarcophagus,
the famous stone from megalithic era. There was an archaeology omission coming
from 16 centuries in firm of arch or winged entrance gate. Winged entrance gate
was one of the scarce archaeology omissions. Winged entrance gate that exists
in Uluwatu Temple (a period of its making) can be compared with the same one
located in mosque complex in Sendangduwur Village, Lamongan, East Java. The
period of its making is relevant with the year Candrasengkala found in this
inscription. Candrasengkala was founded in the mosque written by the wording “Gunaning
Salira Tirta Hayu” which means year 1483 Saka or 1561 Masehi.
If the sarcophagus in “Dalem
Jurit” area represents the artifact, hence Uluwatu Temple represents the sanctified
place since the era of megalithic culture (About 500 S.M). In the papyrus of
Usana Bali, it was mentioned that Mpu Kuturan (The Hindu Priest who spread out
the Hinduism in Bali) had built a lot of temples during his journey to discover
this island and one of them was Uluwatu Temple.
It is very easy to get to Uluwatu
Temple. You can reach it by any kinds of vehicles. You can get here by taxi, public
transport, or by motorcycle.
Uluwatu is one of the most beautiful and famous Hindu
Temples in Bali island. If you want to stay around here to visit this place,
you can find so many luxury hotels and low budget villas through some hotel
finder applications on your mobile phone.
The services provided in
this are are as follow:
- Parking Area
- Police Station
- Food Stall
- Villa
- Money Changer
- Souvenir Shops
- Public Telephone
- Restaurant
- Hotel
- Drinks Stall
- Balinese Kecak Performance
- Local Security
- Public Toilet
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