The Main Temples of Bali
Bali’s six main temples, known as the “Sad Kahyangan,” are believed to protect Bali from negative forces and balance cosmic energy. These are:
Pura Besakih
Pura Lempuyang
Pura Goa Lawah
Pura Luhur Uluwatu
Pura Luhur Batukaru
Pura Pusering Jagat
Water Temples
Behind the rice terraces of Bali there is a complex system of water management coordinated by the temples:
Pura Ulun Danu Beratan
Pura Luhur Pucak Petali
Pura Yeh Gangga
Pura Taman Ayun
Mountain Temples
Bali’s oldest mountain temples connect worshippers with nature and ancestral traditions. The most important of them:
Pura Pucak Petali
Pura Kehen
Pura Besakih
Pura Lempuyang
Pura Luhur Uluwatu
Sacred Bathing Places
Bali’s holy springs or tirthas are where devotees cleanse both body and spirit in ritual purification ceremonies. Sacred bathing spots include
Pura Tirta Sudamala
Pura Taman Beji Samuan
Pura Taman Pecampuhan Sala
The Rock Temples of Central Bali
These might be the oldest temples of Bali, most of them rarely visited, each of them carved in rock in picturesque river valleys. Start your discovery:
Goa Garba
Candi Tebing Tinggi Tambahan
Candi Tebing Kerobokan
Candi Tebing Kalebutan
Yeh Pulu
Candi Tebing Tegallingah
Bebitra Relief
Bali Aga/ Bali Mula Villages
There are quite a few special villages in Bali which has been keeping ancient traditions alive. It is amazing that you can actually visit them and see how people live there today. Read here about the everyday life of
Penglipuran
Tenganan Preningsih
Trunyan
