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Pura Goa Lawah (Balinese "Bat Cave Temple") is a Balinese Hindu temple or a pura located in Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia. Pura Goa Lawah is often included among the Sad Kahyangan Jagad, or the "six sanctuaries of the world", the six holiest places of worship on Bali. Pura Goa Lawah is noted for being built around the opening of a cave which is ...
Entrance to the 'Elephant Cave' Bathing temple Bathing temple figures Entrance to the Elephant Cave 'Goa Gajah' Goa Gajah (Balinese: ᬕᭀᬯᬕᬚᬄ), lit. meaning "The Elephant Cave", is located on the island of Bali near Ubud, in Indonesia. Built-in the 9th century, it served as a sanctuary. [1]
Suddenly it was raining heavily. They found shelter in a cave. Only eight boys went inside, while the ninth, suffering from skin disease had to stay out. All of a sudden, the cave fell apart, and the eight boys vanished. Only the one who stayed outside was safe. The cave was actually the mouth of Jaka Linglung.
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.
Balinese mythology is the traditional mythology of the people of the Indonesian island of Bali, before the majority adoption of Hinduism. Balinese mythology is mainly a kind of animism with some widely known characters and deities. Many themes of Balinese mythology have been adapted and worked into current Balinese Hinduism.
Balinese Hinduism (Indonesian: Hinduisme Bali; Balinese: ᬳᬶᬦ᭄ᬤᬸᬯᬶᬲ᭄ᬫᬾᬩᬮᬶ, Hindusmé Bali), also known in Indonesia as Agama Hindu Dharma, Agama Tirtha, Agama Air Suci or Agama Hindu Bali, is the form of Hinduism practised by the majority of the population of Bali. [1] [2] [3] This is particularly associated with ...
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The temple is one of the "six sanctuaries of the world" (Sad Kahyangan Jagad, [2] with Sad meaning "six" [3]) which are among the holiest places of worship in Bali.[2]It is also one of the nine directional temples (kayangan jagat [4] or kahyangan padma bhuwana, marking the eight cardinal directions, [5]) to which is added the center point.