Taman Ayun Temple

Who knows about Bali, surely know the beach and the temples. Thousands temple are stand on there. The TEMPLE is thrives at Bali. This is caused of the Hindu is the believeble religion for Bali society. Majority of Balinese are Hinduism. If you go to Bali, don't ever forget to see the temples in Taman Ayun Temple, located in Mengwi village, district Badung, Bali, Indonesia. Taman Ayun Temple was built in 1634 by the first king of the Mengwi Kingdom, I Gusti Agung Ngurah Made Agung who have a title Ida Cokorda Sakti Belambangan. These temples are used for praying by the king's family and the followers.

There are some different between the Taman Ayun Temple and the others temple in Bali. While the others temple are oriented to Agung mountain, the temples of Taman Ayun are oriented to Batukau mountain. Although, the  Taman Ayun Temple also has the shades of quiet worship.

Taman Ayun in regional language is "the beautifull park". It's beauty is rised among the temple area of 4 ha and surrounded by canal or pool. If you see them from far, the canals are looked like the water bracelet and the temples are looked like stand on the water. At around the temples is the beautifull flowers and trees which make the area looked so cool.

Taman Ayun areas is consist of three part. The main part is an opened room which use to religion activities and theater. In this place, the visitors enjoy the beautyfull "meru", the temple with the stratified roof that is typical building temple of Bali.

The second part is the main building, the building called "Bale Pelik". This building is decorated by The sculpture, relief, and the statue of Dewa Nawa sanga. Then the others building are for the others Dewa-God-that sacred by Hindu religion.

Beside that, you can enjoy The Mengwi Kingdom heritage which located in 300 metres from the temples. Across the temples is Manusa Yadnya Museum, there are ceremonies show, the ceremony that related with the human life, from born to the dead. The village of Mengwi is located about 18 kilometres from Denpasar -the capital of Bali- towards the northwest side. You can reach the Mengwi with the bus destination Denpasar/Singaraja or Denpasar/Bedugul with the duration about 25 minutes.

If you arrive in Mengwi, you can walk toward the temples area with the distant 250 metres, and the visitor can visit the temples at 08.00-18.00 local time. Happy journey.