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| Besakih Temple |
Besakih Temple is a worship place of Hindu religion in Bali and in the temple is not only there is a temple, but a lot of temples. Because there are so many temples in the area, Besakih Temple is the biggest temple in Bali and Indonesia. Besakih Temple is often called Agung Besakih temple. The temple is located in the Besakih village, Rendang district, Karangasem regency, Bali.
Besakih Temple in Bali is the center of religious activity for Balinese Hindus and Penataran Agung Besakih is the biggest temple in the region. Penataran Agung Besakih most have a place or a building for worship which the Balinese call Pelinggih and is the center of the temple.
Further, we will discuss briefly about the history of Besakih Temple, so when you travel one of the tourist attractions in Bali, you already have an idea about the tourist attractions in Bali that you visit .
History of Besakih Temple
Besakih temple in Bali has been known up to all over the world, so many foreign tourists or domestic who traveled to this place. Because of the magnitude of this temple, Besakih temple got the name of the mother temple in Bali. You must ask who is building a temple for the first time? Builders Besakih Temple is a Hindu religious leaders from India who have long settled in the island of Java, his name was Markandeya.
If now you see a magnificent temple building, formerly the location of this temple is a jungle . Of course you can imagine the ancient wilderness, there are sure to be many animals. Sorry to digress a little bit . It is said that at that moment there has not been the straits of Bali as it is now, because of the island of Java and the island of Bali is still the one and not separated by an ocean . Because so length island that we call now as Java and Bali, the island is named Dawa, which means island of Long Island.
Early Markandeya imprisoned founder of this temple on Mount Hyang (Mount Dieng in Central Java). After a long ascetic Markandeya got the revelation to crush the forest in Dawa island from the south to the north. In the place of crush forest, Markandeya pitcher plant that contains metal and holy water. Metals include gold, silver, copper, ferrous and bronze. All of the fifth metals are name Pancadatu. Besides metals also participated grown gem called ruby Mirahadi which means major. Planting spot pitcher is called by the name Basuki which means congratulations. Basuki or given name survived because the followers of the crush forest safely perform their duties. Following the time, the name of the Basuki is changed to be Besakih.
