Bali sometimes called an island of a thousand temples. Indeed the number of temples in Bali is much more. Most accepted number is between 10.000 to 20.000, this is without counting household temples inside almost every house in Bali.
Above all, the balinese temple is a sacred space in which the deities are honoured with rituals and offerings. Whether a simple enclousure with only one or two tiny shrines or an elaborate complex with scores of sacred structures. There are several temple types in Bali. The Kahyangan Tiga which is located in levery village dedicated to Brahma(power of creation), WIsnu(power of preservation0 and Siwa(power of annihilation).
There are kawitan temples devoted for ancestors of many family clans in the village, there are melanting temples in the markets, subak irrigation temples, temples on the beaches, lakes, mountains, rivers and other sacred sites. In every household of Hindu Balinese, there is a family temple with shrines to worship Hyang Widhi and family ancestors.
Beside these temples there are some very important temples for the whole of the Balinese called Kahyangan Jagat temples. These temples are places to worship many important Brahman or Hyang Widhi manifestations. Temples of this kind are often so picturesque and beautiful, so they became the object of interests to tourists and photographers that come to Bali from any directions. One of them such as Uluwatu temple, Goa Lawah(Bat Cave) Temple,and others.
In other areas in and outside Bali, there are Jagat Nata temples. These group of temples don’t have tiered merus, instead a Padmasana or a shrine as symbolical seat of Brahman, the one and only God. Like Kahyangan Jagat and many other temples, these kind of temples open for all Hindu worshipers of all nations.
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