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Tanah Lot Temple Tabanan
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Taken at sunset in Tanah Lot Temple.
Tanah Lot located in Tabanan Regency around 45 minutes from Denpasar or about 30 minutes from Seminyak Kuta.
Tanah Lot is one of Bali’s most important sea temples, Tanah Lot is built a top a huge rock which is surrounded by the sea. Built by one of the last priests to come to Bali from Java in the 16th century, its rituals include the paying of homage to the guardian spirits of the sea. About 20 km west of Denpasar on the main highway, one arrives at the town of Kediri. where a large sign at the main intersection announces a turn-off to the southwest to Pura Tanah Lot the famous seaside temple to the south.
Tanah means earth and Lot means south or sea (usually written Lod thus something like “Temple of the Easth the Sea” is intended. It is actually construct atop a large, jagged outcropping of rock just off the coast. It is accessible only during tide. The temple itself is quite modest Consisting of two shrines with tiered roofs (7 and 3), a few small buildings and two pavilions.
