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Standing grandly on a slope situated in between a clove plantation and lush rainforest in the village of Manggissari, Medewi is a massive bunut tree that the Balinese hold sacred (as with many large trees) as possessing a soul and as a place of refuge for denizens of the unseen world. The buntut is a type of giant fig tree related to the mo...
North of the main street in Ubud, you’ll find the Chapel of Mother Goddess Rajarajeshwari Tripurasundari, a modern center of worship dedicated to the feminine facet of the divine. This beautiful interfaith chapel was established to honor the mother goddesses in history, such as Kuan Shih Yin, Mary Magdalene, Lakshmi, Durga, Kali, Saraswati,...
Situated on the secluded island of Nusa Penida, and also known as Pura Penataran Agung Ped, this temple compound is one of the most sought after holy places in Bali due to its reputation as a shrine to the Earth and the Divine, thus connecting the spiritual and physical. Legend has it that prayer and meditation at this temple will grant eternal equ...
Eerily beautiful, this ‘Temple of Death Rites’, otherwise known as Pura Dalem Sidan is dedicated to Merajapati, the guardian spirit of the dead. Considered by some to be one of the spookiest temples on the island, Pura Dalem Sidan was built in the 17th century by I Dewa Gede Pindi, and features a bell tower on which depictions of a le...
Pura Gado is located an hour out of Nyuhkuning, accessed via a shaky girder bridge over the Oos River. The temple showcases a bizarre mix of Buddhist stupas and primitive Polynesian attributes. Take a short walk south of this village and find Goa Raksasa nestled in the rice fields, a beautiful meditation spot in a Javanese-style temple alcove frame...
