Batuan Temple is a local Balinese Hindu temple looked after by the local resident of Batuan countryside. The temple is designed very beautiful with full of Balinese ornaments and the roof temple building is made from the fiber of chromatic black palm tree.
It is strategically located beside of the main road from Denpasar to Ubud. For over a thousand years, Batuan has been a village of artists and craftsmen, old legends and mysterious tales.
It is strategically located beside of the main road from Denpasar to Ubud. For over a thousand years, Batuan has been a village of artists and craftsmen, old legends and mysterious tales.
Batuan Temple were
founded in the year 944 isaka (1020 AD). Nearly 1000 years old.The
Batuan Temple is a Puseh Temple category based on the concept of “Tri
Kahyangan or Tri Murti” taught by Mpu Kuturan around the 10th century
to the Balinese Hindu community at the time.
Tri Kahyangan or Tri Murti including 3 temples :
Tri Kahyangan or Tri Murti including 3 temples :
- Desa or Village Temple as a place to worship of God Brahma (the Creator)
- Puseh Temple to worship of God Vishnu (the Preserver)
- Dalem Temple to worship of Lord Shiva (the Destroyer)
History of Batuan Temple
The name "Batuan" or "Baturan" mentioned
here prompts villagers to joke about being "tough as stone" or "eating
rocks" as batu means "stone" in Balinese. But it likely refers to an
ancient megalithic tradition in which standing stones served as meeting
places and ceremonial sites for the worship of ancestral spirits.
Because Batuan became a center from which Buddhist priests
and brahmans spread to the main court centers of south Bali, the
village has an unusual preponderance of brahman.
Local
people are very concern about the care and preservation of the temple
architecture and its environment. Not all existing buildings were old
buildings here, there are some that have undergone renovation, renewal,
and change from 10th century to 13th century and also 18th century AD.
The structure and foundation of this temple are very tough and strong.
It has the original Balinese ornament that
beautifully craved on every building at this temple area. Some
ornaments are reflection of The Ramayana Epic story and every holy
building has different function philosophically.
Batuan Temple Area Consist Of :
At
temple parking area, there is standing an ancient building called
Wantilan, this place use as a meeting hall and to practice any kind of
Balinese dances as Gambuh Dance, Pendet Dance, etc. Before you enter
the temple there is some local people at Wantilan will lend you
‘kamben’ (a traditional Balinese costume). It is a must for you to wear
‘Balinese kamben’ to show your respect and honor about the holiness of
“Puseh Temple of Batuan Village”. It’s all free, you won’t be charged
for entrance. However, the local people expect every tourist who
visited to this temple can donate in any amount of money to support the
maintenance of the temple. There is provided a simple donation box.
Every donation that you give should be based on a sense of sincerity,
where Balinese people know it is called “medana punia”.
In the middle yard of temple there is a long
building / bale called the Bale Agung and Bale Kulkul (a gong mad by
wood or bamboo).In this yard there is also a high entrance Balinese
Gate called the Kori Agung, which is flanked by the many guardian
statues shaped the giant sculpture. The function of Kori Agung is the
door where the exit and entry for the gods symbolized by a small statue
called Pratima.
Next to the Kori Agung there are two small doors as a place
of exit and entry of people into the temple’s main yard.
In the main yard of the temple there are some three
story Meru and Bale Pengiyasan as a symbol of the temple of Besakih,
there is also a building called Padmasana as a place of worship to Sang
Hyang Widhi, the only one Bali Hindu’s God.
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