Tanah Lot

Tanah Lot
	Pura Tanah Lot
	Tanah Lot Tanah Lot
Geography
Location	Indonesia
Coordinates	8°37′16″S 115°05′14″E / 8.62107°S 115.08716°E

Tanah Lot (Balinese: ᬢᬦᬄᬮᭀᬢ᭄) is a rock formation off the Indonesian island of Bali. It is home to the ancient Hindu pilgrimage temple Pura Tanah Lot (literally "Tanah Lot temple"), a popular tourist and cultural icon for photography.^[1]

Location

Tanah Lot is in Beraban,^[2] Kediri district, Tabanan Regency, approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of Tabanan and 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Denpasar. It sits on a large offshore rock and is only accessible on foot at low tide.^[3]

Tanah Lot
Statue in Tanah Lot
General view
Nearby cliffs

Tanah Lot temple

Tanah Lot is one of the seven main Balinese "sea temples",^[4] located along the southwestern coast of the island. The name means "land [in the] sea" in the Balinese language.^[5]^[6] The main deity of the temple is Dewa Baruna, or Bhatara Segara, the sea god, or sea power.^{[citation needed]}

Tanah Lot is claimed to be the work of the 16th-century religious figure Dang Hyang Nirartha, who was significantly influenced by Hinduism and who allegedly spent a night there in the course of his extensive travels in Bali, Lombok, and Sumbawa.^[a] In the present day, Nirartha is also worshipped at Tanah Lot.^[8]

Restoration

In the 1980s, the temple's rock face started to crumble, and the area around and inside the temple became dangerous.^[9] The Japanese government then provided a loan to the Indonesian government of Rp 800 billion (approximately US$480 million^[10]) to conserve the historic temple and other significant locations around Bali. As a result, over one-third of Tanah Lot's "rock" is disguised artificial rock created during the Japanese-funded and supervised renovation and stabilization program.^{[citation needed]}

Tourism

According to a 2019 study, Tanah Lot is one of the most visited places in Indonesia, averaging 500,000 tourists each year.^[11]

To reach the temple, visitors must walk through a set of outdoor souvenir shops that cover each side of a path down to the sea. On the mainland clifftops, there are restaurants.

Guardians of the gate
Stair dragon
Sacred water at Tanah Lot temple
Odalan ritual
Kecak Dance, 14 August 2022

Notes and references

Notes

^ Nirartha's travels are recounted in a lontara called Dwijendra Tatwa,^[7] which has been digitized and is available online at archive.org.

References

^ South-East Asia on a shoestring. Lonely Planet. 1992. p. 257. ISBN 0-86442-125-7. OCLC 12486944..
^ "Beraban, map". google.co.id. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024.
^ "Temples in Bali Explained – The Guide for Beginners". greenerbali.com. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
^ Dougherty 2018, p. 7.
^ Hirsch, Philip; Warren, Carol (1998). The politics of environment in Southeast Asia: resources and resistance (325 p.). London / New York: Routledge. pp. 242–244. ISBN 978-0-203-03017-2. OCLC 490091203.
^ Dougherty, Margaret (Fall 2018). "How the Balinese see the sea: interpretations of oceanic power". Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection (2934). Retrieved 27 May 2024. p. 35.
^ Putra, Ida Bagus Rai; Kesuma, I Nyoman Weda; Cika, I Wayan; Suastika, I Made (January 2011). "Dharmayatra in the Dwijendra Tattwa text analysis of reception". e-Journal of Linguistics. 5 (2). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
^ "Tanah Lot". balistarislad.com. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ Pringle 2004, p. 192–194.
^ 1980 exchange rate of US $1 to Rp 6,000 from Gordon De Brouwer, Masahiro Kawai. Indonesian Rupiah in Exchange rate regimes in East Asia Vol 51. Publisher: Routledge, 2004. ISBN 0-415-32281-2, ISBN 978-0-415-32281-2. 466 pages
^ Andriani, Agis; Fuad, Abdullah; Enjang, Nurhaedin; Hidayati, Arini Nurul; Rosmala, Dewi; Saputra, Yuyus (2004). "The Representation of Counterproductive Religious Values in a Selected Chapter of an Indonesian ELT Textbook: Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis". Journal of Pragmatics and Discourse Research. 4 (1): 56. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

External links

Tanah Lot travel guide from Wikivoyage

[8] Nirartha's travels are recounted in a lontara called Dwijendra Tatwa,^[7] which has been digitized and is available online at archive.org.

[lp257-1] South-East Asia on a shoestring. Lonely Planet. 1992. p. 257. ISBN 0-86442-125-7. OCLC 12486944..

[2] "Beraban, map". google.co.id. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024.

[greener-3] "Temples in Bali Explained – The Guide for Beginners". greenerbali.com. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

[FOOTNOTEDougherty20187-4] Dougherty 2018, p. 7.

[5] Hirsch, Philip; Warren, Carol (1998). The politics of environment in Southeast Asia: resources and resistance (325 p.). London / New York: Routledge. pp. 242–244. ISBN 978-0-203-03017-2. OCLC 490091203.

[6] Dougherty, Margaret (Fall 2018). "How the Balinese see the sea: interpretations of oceanic power". Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection (2934). Retrieved 27 May 2024. p. 35.

[7] Putra, Ida Bagus Rai; Kesuma, I Nyoman Weda; Cika, I Wayan; Suastika, I Made (January 2011). "Dharmayatra in the Dwijendra Tattwa text analysis of reception". e-Journal of Linguistics. 5 (2). Retrieved 24 May 2024.

[star-9] "Tanah Lot". balistarislad.com. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[FOOTNOTEPringle2004192–194-10] Pringle 2004, p. 192–194.

[11] 1980 exchange rate of US $1 to Rp 6,000 from Gordon De Brouwer, Masahiro Kawai. Indonesian Rupiah in Exchange rate regimes in East Asia Vol 51. Publisher: Routledge, 2004. ISBN 0-415-32281-2, ISBN 978-0-415-32281-2. 466 pages

[12] Andriani, Agis; Fuad, Abdullah; Enjang, Nurhaedin; Hidayati, Arini Nurul; Rosmala, Dewi; Saputra, Yuyus (2004). "The Representation of Counterproductive Religious Values in a Selected Chapter of an Indonesian ELT Textbook: Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis". Journal of Pragmatics and Discourse Research. 4 (1): 56. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

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