Tirta Empul Temple - Popular Tourist Destination in Bali Island

Tourist destinations in Bali Island always have unique characteristics that may not be owned by other tourist places in Indonesia. Nothing wrong if the Bali Island is known as a paradise for travelers who want to enjoy a vacation on the Bali Island. Bali Island is not just presenting tours like the beach, lake, or the mountainous region, but Bali also presents tourist temple has a special tourism destination for domestic and foreign tourists. Temple in Bali generally serves as a place of worship for Hindus in Bali, in addition to several temples in Bali also serves as a place for Melukat. Melukat tantamount purify themselves, typically required a sacred spring to perform this Pelukatan rituals.

There are many Temple in Bali which has a sacred spring that serves as a melukat, for example, is Tanah Lot temple, Batu Ponjok temple, Tirta Empul temple and many more temples in Bali others. One of the many Temple that tourists known as a place of purification is Tirta Empul temple in Tampaksiring Bali. Tirta Empul temple is located in the village of Manukaya District Tampaksiring Gianyar regency - Bali. Tirta Empul temple is also an historical place because in some buildings in the temple is one of them established the presidential palace which was built during the reign of Sukarno in Indonesia. Tirta Empul temple name is taken from springs called Tirta Empul that is what is meant when a water that gushes from the ground. So Tirta Empul is the holy water that gushes out of the ground (Mata holy water).

As well as pretending to others in Bali, Tirta Empul temple is divided into 3 parts: Nista mandala is the outermost temple, also called 'Jabe side', Madya Mandala is a central part of the temple after the harsh mandala is usually called 'Jabe middle 'and the last is of Mandala is the main part of the temple which is called the' innards'. In part there is Madya Mandala This is a rectangular pool which has approximately 30 pieces showers are lined up from east to west and the gorge to the south. Swimming in Tirta Empul Temple mirib is more like pool Banjar Hot Springs In Buleleng (North Bali), but the difference is in the pool Hot showers Banjar shape of a dragon's head, but if it's in Tirta Empul temple like The shower is more like a snail shell.

According to the surrounding community, every shower in Tirta Empul temple pool has its own name, such as Penglukatan Shower, Shower Pembersian, Shower Sudamala and Shower cetik (Toxic). Tourists are allowed to participate purify themselves in the pool's showers, the main requirement is that you must mengguanakan 'parchment', a cloth tied around the waist in a more mirib with long skirts. Kamen is a means of worship used by Hindus to be able to enter the yard of a temple. Water that Emitted by the shower is quite cold and fresh, because the water has just emerged from ground water sources. Hindus doing ritual pelukatan in this pool first present a 'cymbals' which is placed just above the shower and then fill in the incense which have in turn. While doing pelukatan, Hindus pray as he wishes. Quite often foreign tourists also perform the ritual prayer to unite and join the palms of his hands.

Tirta Empul Temple is located in the village of Manukaya District Tampaksiring Gianyar regency - Bali. To reach this location you need to travel a distance of approximately 36 Kilometers from the city of Denpasar takes about 1 hour. But if you are discharged traveled in Lovina Beach in North Bali and will go directly to Tirta Empul Temple, then you will cover a distance of about 82 Kilometers to the distance of about 2 hours. Lovina towards Tirta Empul of you will pass kintamani road, because the road is the most close to Tirta Empul. Kintamani passes a good idea to stop at Ulun Danu Batur Lake Batur. If you want long in kintamani you can also take a hike on Mount Batur Kintamani.