MONKEY FOREST UBUD'S SACRED ICONS
Discover the enchanting temples and intricate statues that hold cultural and spiritual significance. Based on the analysis of the Pura Purana (a holy book made from palm tree leaves as a historical document of the temple), temples in The Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary area are built around the middle of the 14th century. When the kingdoms in Bali were ruled by Dynasty of Pejeng or can also be said about the beginning of Gelgel Dynasty.
Balinese Cemetery
This cemetery belongs to the people who lived in Padangtegal village. This cemetery is only temporary used to bury the corpse until the moment of Mass Cremation ceremony comes or waiting for the au...
Balinese Cemetery
This cemetery belongs to the people who lived in Padangtegal village. This cemetery is only temporary used to bury the corpse until the moment of Mass Cremation ceremony comes or waiting for the auspicious day accourding to the Balinese calendar.
IN PADANGTEGAL VILLAGE WE CONDUCT MASS CREMATION CEREMONY EVERY 5 YEARS. IN CREMATION CEREMONY DAY, ALL THE CORPSES THAT BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE GRAVE AND CREMATED APPROPRIATE TO BALINESE HINDU TRADITION
Pura Prajapati Padangtegal
Pura Prajapati (Prajapati Temple) or well known as Cremation Temple. This temple is located in the northeast area. In this temple, Balinese Hindus do the worship to God in the personification of Br...
Pura Prajapati Padangtegal
Cremation TemplePura Prajapati (Prajapati Temple) or well known as Cremation Temple. This temple is located in the northeast area. In this temple, Balinese Hindus do the worship to God in the personification of Brahma Prajapati. Praja mean ruler, Pati mean soul. Prajapati is ruler of soul. In Balinese Hindu tradition believe that the people who buried in this cemetery, their soul are protected and controlled by God as the Prajapati until the cremation ceremony. Furthermore cremation temple has important relationship with cremation ceremony. The cemetery is used temporarily, while waiting for the day of the mass cremation which is held every 5 years.
THE TEMPLE IS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY ONLY
Pura Beji Padang Tegal
In the northwest area, you will find Pura Beji (Beji Temple). In this temple people worship to the God (Hyang Widhi) in personification as the goddess Gangga. This temple is a place of purification...
Pura Beji Padang Tegal
Holy Spring WaterIn the northwest area, you will find Pura Beji (Beji Temple). In this temple people worship to the God (Hyang Widhi) in personification as the goddess Gangga. This temple is a place of purification before conducting the ceremony (piodalan). Pura Beji is often used for ”melukat” as spiritual and physical cleansing.
Holy Spring Temple is a sacred building area specified for worship The Goddess of Gangga. Holy Spring Temple became a special place to perform the purification process of the Tapakan/ Statues that representing the God and the soul of the people that shared same faith before praying to other temple area in Monkey Forest Ubud. The workship at Holy Spring Temple aims to convey gratitude for the blessing of holiness and prosperous life
THE TEMPLE IS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY ONLY
Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal
Pura Dalem serves as a place of worship of God Shiva, the embodiment of Hyang Widhi as the Fuser, in personification as Shiva, ”The Recycler” or “The Transformer”. In addition, this sa...
Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal
Great Temple of Shiva (The Main Temple)Pura Dalem serves as a place of worship of God Shiva, the embodiment of Hyang Widhi as the Fuser, in personification as Shiva, ”The Recycler” or “The Transformer”. In addition, this sacred temple is also as a place of worship of Goddess Durga as the main deity of the Bhairawa Sect, so the Pura Dalem is closely related to the Setra (cemetery) and Pura Prajapati as a place to worship the cosmos to neutralize the positive and negative forces. The Location of Pura dalem is the southwest of Padangtegal Village where the wind direction is contolled by the God Rudra, which is aspect of Shiva.
THE TEMPLE IS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY ONLY