Beautiful Bali has been called the famed island of the Gods. With its varied landscape of sandy beaches, hills and mountains, rugged coastlines and cliffs, gorgeous waterfalls, as well as lush rice terraces and barren volcanic hillsides, some people claim that Bali is a paradise on earth. But Bali also has a colorful and deeply spiritual culture, which is why it is known as the “island of a thousand temples.” There are sea temples, directional temples and so many others so that 1,000 is an understatement. In fact, everywhere you go, you see a temple. “There are so many temples that the Government does not bother to count them.” There are also monkeys guarding the temples, monkeys in the rain forest, and even bats in a cave temple. Here’s a look at the sea temples, some wonderfully cute wildlife like monkeys, and some other stunning temples on the paradise on earth known as beautiful Bali.
Cave of the ‘Holy Snake’. Tanah Lot Puri – Puri meaning Temple in Balinese is one of Balis most sacred Sea Temples dedicated to the Hindie guardian spirits of the sea. It is said to be protected from evil spirits by the sea snakes that ‘apparently’ inhabit the caves surrounding.
Thousands of Fruit Bats pile onto each other on the cliffs and caves overlooking Tanah Lot Temple in Canggu, Bali, Indonesia. In fact, there are so many bats that you might think this is a bat cave.
But this is the bat cave at the ancient Bat Temple, also known as Pura Goa Lawah. According to the photographer, Goa Lawah Temple “is one in six representative temples in Bali. This temple is famous as ‘Bat’s cave temple’. It is a very old temple said that Saint Mpu Kuturan built in 1007. This photo was taken circa 1930. Several thousand bats are flying about in the cave. There is a legend that this cave continues to Pura Besakih.
Barong Dance at Goa Lawah aka the Bat Temple.
Huge stone elephant at entrance of Goa Lawa.
Natural bridge to sea temple at Tanah Lot.
Pura Tanah Lot is probably one of the most spectacular temples, sitting atop the majestic cliffs overlooking the surf at Uluwatu. Luhur means “something of divine origin” and “Uluwatu” can be broken into “ulu” which means “land’s end” and “watu” means “rock.”
Ramayana Dance & The Circle of Fire. One photographer explained that “the highlight of the kecak performance at Uluwatu is when Hanuman, the white monkey, is blessed by a real priest while he resides in the magical circle of fire.”
The Sacred Monkeys guarding Uluwatu Temple. When we arrive there, the monkeys here are quite aggressive, moreso than the guys at Ubud’s Monkey Forest. These ones will pull the glasses right off your face if you’re not careful! To be honest, though, they’re really just interested in anything that might be tasty and if you exercise a bit of common sense they won’t bother with you.
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