enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: balinese temple guardians prayer beads jewelry
  2. etsy.com has been visited by 1M+ users in the past month

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Balinese temple - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balinese_temple

    The pagoda-like Pelinggih Meru shrine of Pura Ulun Danu Bratan is a distinctive feature of a Balinese temple.. The term pura originates from the Sanskrit word (-pur, -puri, -pura, -puram, -pore), meaning "city," "walled city," "towered city," or "palace," which was adopted with the Indianization of Southeast Asia and the spread of Hinduism, especially in the Indosphere.

  3. Besakih Temple - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besakih_Temple

    Besakih Temple (Balinese: ᬧᬸᬭᬩᭂᬲᬓᬶᬄ) is a pura Hindu temple in the village of Besakih on the slopes of Mount Agung in eastern Bali, Indonesia. It is the most important, largest, and holiest temple of Balinese Hinduism, [1] and one of a series of Balinese temples. Perched nearly 1000 meters up the side of Gunung Agung, it is an ...

  4. Pura Beji Sangsit - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Beji_Sangsit

    Pura Beji Sangsit is a Balinese temple or pura located in Sangsit, Buleleng, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. The village of Sangsit is located around 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) east of Singaraja . Pura Beji is dedicated to the rice goddess Dewi Sri , and is revered especially by the farmers around the area.

  5. Prayer beads - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_beads

    Islamic prayer beads, called Misbaha or Tasbih, usually have 100 beads (99 +1 = 100 beads in total or 33 beads read thrice and +1). Buddhists and Hindus use the Japa Mala, which usually has 108 beads, or 27 which are counted four times. Baháʼí prayer beads consist of either 95 beads or 19 beads, which are strung with the addition of five ...

  6. Bhoma - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhoma

    In Balinese temple architecture, the Bhoma has the same function as the Javanese Kala who acts as the guardian spirit of the temple complex. The head of Bhoma can be found carved at the temple gate which marks the entrance to the holiest part of the shrine ( paduraksa ) and at the base of the padmasana, the holiest and most central shrine in ...

  7. Barong (mythology) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barong_(mythology)

    Barong (Balinese: ᬩᬭᭀᬂ, lit. 'bear') is a panther-like creature and character in the mythology of Bali, Indonesia. He is the king of the spirits, leader of the hosts of good, and enemy of Rangda, the demon queen and mother of all spirit guarders in the mythological traditions of Bali. The battle between Barong and Rangda is featured in ...

  1. Ads

    related to: balinese temple guardians prayer beads jewelry