Ulun Danu Beratan Temple is licated at Bedugul. It is a Temple beside a huge lake that is treated as Bali's water reservoir area. The lake and the Temple is located near the top of a mountain and surrounding with a forest. Every years Hindus Bali People come to this temple to have a ceremony to honor Danu, The God of water. They hope that with this ceremony, Bali will be blessed with enough water and the farming will be success. Balinese Rice Farming is known very success with a traditional irrigation system that is known as Subak.
It is very interesting to visit Ulun Danu Beratan Temple because it is surrounding with a beautiful panorama of mountain area. Near the temple there is also a Natural Forest that is conserve alot of genus of Indonesian trees, that is now known as Bedugul Botanic Garden. It can be said that Bali has a very high traditional culture that since the ancient ages until now, they have planned a conservation area of water supply surrounding with natural florest. There are also interesting plantations to visit around this area including a Strawberry fields near Strawberry Hill Hotel.
The temples in Ulun Danu Beratan Temple area is also very unique. There is a temple in the middle of the lake that can be reached through a bridge or by a raft. (the bridge is new, at the era of 1980s we have to use a boat to visit this temple). For now we can still hire a small boat to sail across the lake or to just visit the temple with boat.
There is also a Temple with Bali-Chinese Architecture. It is said that at the Ancient Kingdom's Era, some of Buddhist monks from Chine had cultural friendship with the Kingdoms in Bali. They also had some followers in Bali that is known as Siwa Buda members. The temple is made to honor the hospitality and the friendship with Siwa Buda members. It is one of evidence that Hindus Bali people are very tolerant with other religions.
Here are the picture of Ulun Danu Beratan Temple area in bali Indonesia :
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Some views of the Temple in the middle of lake
Another place to pray in the middle of the lake
Beautiful ornaments of Gates at Ulun Danu Beratan Temple area
One of the Temples in Ulun Danu Beratan has Chinese-Bali architecture,
the roof construction looks like roofs of buddhist monastery buildings
We can rent a boat to sail around the lake
The Garden and the other Temples around the area
And This are the pictures of the mountainous area beside the street from Denpasar to Ulun Danu Beratan Temple :
Ulun Danu Beratan Temple at Bali Indonesia
