Pura Besakih Baliterdiri from one center to be named Pura Pura Agung Upgrading Pura Besakih and there were 18 companion who was around from Promotion Pura Agung Besakih. 1 of 17 Pura Pura Basukian and others. If you've seen the photos of this temple you will see stairs in abundance and there is a very large gate, this is the entrance gate to the central areal Promotion Pura Agung Besakih.
Pura Besakih in Bali is the center of religious activity for Balinese Hindus and Promotion Pura Pura Agung Besakih is the largest in the province of this temple. Upgrade Pura Agung Besakih at most places or buildings for which the Balinese call praying with Pelinggih name and is the center of this temple.
Besakih, Greatest Religious Hindu Temple In Bali
Further, we will discuss briefly about the history of Besakih, so when you travel one of the tourist attractions in Bali, you already have an idea about the tourist attractions in Bali that you visit.
History of Pura Besakih
Pura Agung Besakih in Bali has been known to maca to the country, so many foreign or domestic travelers who traveled to this place. Because of the magnitude of this temple, Pura Agung Besakih got the name of the mother temple in Bali. You must ask who build this temple for the first time? At first I did not know, but after reading a book about the history of the temple in Bali then I know the answer. Builders Besakih Temple is a Hindu religious leaders from India who have long settled in the island of Java, his name was Markandeya.
If now you see a magnificent temple building, formerly the location of this temple is a jungle. Surely you can imagine the ancient wilderness, there are sure to be many animals. Sorry to digress a little bit. It is said that at that moment there has been no strait of Bali as it is now, because of the island of Java and the island of Bali is still the one and not separated by an ocean. Because so long island we now call as the islands of Java and Bali, the island is named Dawa, which means island long island.
Early mulanyan Markandeya imprisoned founder of this temple on Mount Hyang (Mount Dieng in Central Java). After a long ascetic Markandeya was a revelation to merambas Dire forest on the island from the south towards the north. Perambasan place forest, Markandeya pitcher plant that contains metal and holy water. Metals include metallic gold, metallic silver, metallic copper, ferrous metals and metallic bronze. The fifth metal community called mama Pancadatu Bali. Besides metals also participated grown gem called ruby Mirahadi which means major. Place planting pitcher is called by the name Basuki which means congratulations. Basuki or given name survived because the forest perambasan followers of Markandeya safely perform their duties.
The beauty of this temple you will be able to enjoy immediately if you come to this temple, to facilitate you get idea what this temple, then you can see below.