Are you still remember about the great epic of Mahabharata? One of the Hindus holy books that tells about the feud between Pandavas and Kauravas. One of the main characters from the epic written by Vyasa named Arjuna. He is one of five Pandavas warriors. The third son of King Pandu Devanata and Kunti is known very handsome and strong.
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In the year of 1952, Swaka Purbakala Bali office received a big task to restore an ancient site called Kebo Edan (crazy cow) that predicted built at 13th century. This ancient site lies in Pejeng village, Gianyar, Bali. When the entercitement crews visit this temple, at a glance we didn’t found any manifestation from the name “Kebo Edan” inside the temple. Although, there are a statue of “kebo” or buffalo without a head, but there is nothing precisely described “Kebo Edan.
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Undeniable that Bali present a million charms of beauty. Culture and custom which are well guarded and synergy with the nature are indeed the uniqueness of the Balinese community. But that made him even greater is how they translate it into every inch of their lives, especially in the agricultural sector.
Most of farmers and other agricultural activist in the other region always feel worried about their rice fields that threatened by the new phenomenon called “modern industry”, whether it is luxury housing, textile, mall, or tourism. But for they in Bali, this fear is not became a big problem, because rice fields in Bali is one of the most sacred places. Therefore, don’t be surprised if you found many of Subak temples in most of rice fields in Bali. As a sacred place, off course Balinese rice fields has its own superiority and uniqueness. Almost Balinese rice fields have beautiful terraces, and the most interesting thing is the utilization of Subak, the Balinese traditional irrigation system.
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A short interview with Jero Mangku Luhur Batukaru Kebaya
A short interview with Jero Mangku Luhur Batukaru Kebayan Lingsir, the stakeholder of Luhur Temple Batukaru. This interview talked about the history of Batukaru temple. It was conducted at the main court of Luhur Temple Batukaru.
+: Om Swastiastu, can you tell me about the history of Batukaru?
-: as I know, the history of this temple is not written completely, but peoples said that this temple was built at 3rd century, but there is also who said that it was built at 8th century.
+: can you tell me more about the important things according to the existence of this temple
-: this temple is one of Sad Kahyangan Jagat, which means it is one of six great temples in the west. Interestingly, a long time ago, there’s a lot of ancient statues was founded in the temple’s area.
+: how about the characteristic of this temple?
-: generally, it is all same as the others temples in Bali, this temple have also “meru” and “pelinggih”. But the uniqueness of this temple is “the three pelinggih” which shaped as temple that may not exist in other places.
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As one of the most popular touristic site in the world, Bali indeed offers a million charms of beauty. Yes indeed, Bali is special, because this Island of God offers its charms in every inch of its community’s life, including the beauty of agricultural fields. Jatiluwih is one of touristic sites that offer the beauty of Balinese agricultural. Located in Penebel Tabanan, Jatiluwih lies wide and greenly at the foothill of mount Batukaru and it stand in an altitude of 700 meters above the sea level.
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Based on Lontar Kusuma Dewa, Luhur Temple Batukaru is one of Sad Kahyangan Temple which is built on 11th century. This temple is also as old as Besakih, Lempuyang Luhur, Goa Lawah, and Pusering Jagat. Batukaru is precisely located at banjar Wongaya Gede, Penebel, Tabanan Bali
Visit places that have a high historical value indeed have its own sensation, moreover if its area is still beautiful and natural. Bali with its million charms of beauty in fact has a historical site with the criteria as above. This site known as “The Tenth Temple of Gunung Kawi”, this temple is actually a separate part of Gunung Kawi temples which is located in Banjar Penaka, Tampaksiring, Gianyar Bali.
At the classic era, script was the most important element in communicating. Besides as a tool to communicate verbally, we can see also from its function that at the ancient era, script has the function as a media to deliver and monumentalize various of important information, including the genealogy of the kings who ruled in a dynasty, major events that occurred and information when making a great site both religious shrine or tomb of the great figures at that time. In addition to the examples above, off course a script was also a crucial element in ancient literature. Historically, most of scripts in South Asia and Southeast Asia were born from Brahmi script. Later on this ancient script evolved into a growing Pallawa script in Southern India, Devanagari and Pranagari in Northern India. It was Pallawa script which is later became the mother of all script in Indonesia, including the Kawi script that evolved again into a Kwadrat Kediri script which is found in ancient sites Candi Bentar Goa Gajah and Gunung Kawi temple in Bali.
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Bingin beach is located on the west coast of Southern Bali, it lies exactly in the Jimbaran area, Uluwatu and adjacent to Labuan Sait. Although the beaches in Southern Bali have a similar characteristic but off course this beach has its special characteristic compared to the others beaches.
Located in Bukit Ungasan area, Jimbaran, Uluwatu, this beach which is known as Uluwatu beach has a self uniqueness compared to the others beaches in south Bali. Because of its location lies between rocks and cliffs, this Blue Point beach has only a small beach mouth. In addition to its contour, this beach has also a quite big wave, no wonder that this beach is often visited by most of surfers from all over the world.
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