KNOWN as an amazing temple situated right in the sea, Tanah Lot Temple offers some uniqueness and become a must-see tourist attraction during your visit in Bali. In Bali, it is the only one temple situated in the sea. Precisely, it sits at Beraban village, Kediri subdistrict, some 13 km south of Tabanan town. From Kuta, it is around 20 km or 30 minutes away by car.
This temple belongs to sad kahyangan category, where it is used to venerate ancient sage having a great merit in the development and strengthening of Hinduism in Bali. The sage itself is Danghyang Nirartha from Java. He established the temple in the sixteenth century.
At high tides, the temple is like on floating and mighty island in the middle of the sea. Meanwhile, anniversary or piodalan of the temple falls every 210 days, right on Buda (Wednesday) Cemeng Langkir (two weeks after Galungan). During which, the committee will issue a schedule of tides. This will enable the pilgrims to arrange their worship time conveniently.
To avoid crowded visitors, your leisure visit can be arranged at morning time. However, when wishing to see magnificent sunset view and the total beauty of Tanah Lot Temple, you must arrange it in the afternoon. While waiting for the sunset time, you can purchase young coconut drink at the stall nearby.
Tanah Lot is also said to be a paradise of photographers. Other than immortalizing the charms of surrounding temples, they can also take photograph of Tanah Lot in terms of various angles. By all means, it will become a unique giveaway to bring home.
For safety and convenience while enjoying the splendor of Tanah Lot Temple, all visitors are expected to pay attention to the notice given at location by the management. Always take safe position when having a promenade or taking photograph around the rocky beach.
As supporting facilities, the Tanah Lot tourist attraction has been equipped with spacious parking lot, accommodation, restaurant, souvenir shops and cultural attraction. Small but unique thing related to Tanah Lot visit is klepon cake. This green and purple meatball-like cake is usually sold at roadside around Tanah Lot and on the Tanah Lot-Kerobokan road section.
