Bali: Tanah Lot

Tanah Lot tourism object is located in the Village Beraban Kediri Tabanan district, about 13 km west of Tabanan. North Pura Tanah Lot is a temple located on the cliff that jutted into the sea. This cliff temple connect with the land and shaped like a bridge (arch). Tanah Lot, famous as a beautiful place to watch the sunset (sunset), the tourists are usually crowded in the afternoon to see the beauty of the sunset here.

Luhur Pura Tanah Lot is built around a century by Dang Hyang VXI Nirartha, a Hindu priest Siva from the land of Java. Supernal temple on a rock cliff ocean ditengah2 Indonesia is satu2nya these attractions in Bali.

Around the temple, there is a cave that is a breeding place known sea serpent with the sacred snake. Sacred because people say about believing that this snake is the guardian of the temple Tanah Lot.

According to legend, this temple was built by a Brahmin who wandered from Java. He is a successful Nirartha Danghyang strengthen the belief of the Balinese Hindus will be teaching and developing the heaven Sad in the 16th century. At that time the ruler Tanah Lot, Bendesa Beraben, jealous of him because his followers began to leave and follow Nirartha Danghyang. Beraben Bendesa Nirartha Danghyang told to leave the Tanah Lot. He agreed, and before he left the Tanah Lot with its power to move the boulder into the middle of the beach (not into the sea) and built temples there. He also changed into a snake scarf temple guards. This snake was still there until now and is scientifically snakes including sea snakes that have the characteristics of a flat tail like a fish, striped black and yellow and has a poison 3 times stronger than cobra snake. End of the legend has it that Bendesa Beraben 'finally' be a follower Danghyang Nirartha.