Thursday, June 27, 2019

Indonesia: Pura Ulun Bratan Temple, Bali

Pura Ulun Danu Beratan, or Pura Bratan, is a major Shaivite water temple on Bali,Indonesia. The temple complex is located on the shores of Lake Bratan in the mountains near Bedugul. Built in 1633, this temple is used for offerings ceremony to the Balinese water, lake and river goddess Dewi Danu, due to the importance of Lake Bratan as a main source of irrigation in central Bali. The 11-storey pelinggih meru in the complex is dedicated to Shiva and his consort Parvathi. Buddha's statue is also enshrined in this temple. This temple is also called as Bali temple on the lake because it looks like it is floating when the Bratan river water rises.


Thanks to Mr Tejasvi and Manjunath Bhandarkar for posting it from Bali.

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