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it isn’t without any reasons that Bali is called as the Island of Gods. Carefully-preserved temples and palaces across the island makes Bali home to plenty sacred sites where which gods and goddess reside. In some big religious ceremonies, followers of Hindu flock large temples to worship the gods together.
You don’t need to firstly become a Hindu follower to fully absorb what temples and palaces have in store. As non-Hindu followers, you can still enjoy historical and religious values within the buildings in what we call the trip as gateway to heaven tour. This term refers to visiting sanctified sites that are believed as holy ones where the gods and the goddesses reach heavens.
While for the followers of Hindu teachings regularly worshipping the gods and the goddesses will help them tasting paradise, regular tourists can still experience the gateway to heaven tour as an alternative holiday in Bali. Below are two sites that can lead you to having the gateway to heaven tour.
Lempuyang Temple (Gate of Heaven)
Lempuyang Temple or locally known as the LempuyangLuhur Temple Complex deserves to be called as the Gate of Heaven. Standing on atop with Mount Agung as the backdrop, the main temple within the complex looks magical and beautiful. It is no wonder many would love to document their experience in this spot in pictures.Trekking lovers will love taking staircases to reach the temple with natural panorama on the right and left side. To reach the top of the complex, visitors need to pass through a total of 1,700 staircases.
The LempuyangLuhurTemple Complex is a holy site for the followers of Hindu teachings that is located in Karangasem regency. In particular, the followers of Hindu teachings worship Ida SanghyangWidhiWasa who is realized as Icwara in the temple complex. The temple complex is believed to maintain natural balance in the universe.
Tirta Gangga Former Royal Palace
You can resume the gateway to heaven tour by visiting TirtaGangga, a former royal palace in Karangasem regency. Then Karangasem king instructed the establishment of the palace in 1946. The name of Gangga quickly reminds us on Gangga river, a holy river in Hindu teachings in India. It was built in one-hectare land surrounded by statues, water fountain and pond labyrinth. In addition to religious atmosphere the former royal palace has to offer, tourists will be very much entertained with wonderful rice terraces surrounding the complex. TirtaGangga provides spiritual and natural holiday experience that you don’t want to miss out
Tenganan Traditional Village
Bali Tenganan Village is one of the oldest Balinese Traditional Village located in Karangasem Regency, east part of Bali. This village is much referred by cultural literature science of Tenganan Pegringsingan, which is very famous in the island. It own very unique local community life pattern which is one example of Bali Aga Village cultures (Hindu Prehistoric) and different with other countryside in plain of Bali. Nowadays, this village has been appointed as a place for tourist destination which can present the attractive and unique matters which able to add the variation of object and fascination for tourist to come
Waters Beach Salt Making Process
Along the dry east coast of Bali, traditional salt panners spend their days labouring in the hot sun to produce some of the tastiest sea salt you’ll find. Near Pura Goa Lawah on the coastal road heading to Padang Bai and Candi Dasa, Kusamba is one of the areas where this often arduous work is done. If you are passing by it’s an interesting stop to see how it’s made — and a bag of salt makes a good souvenir. The salt production mostly happens during the drier months, but it’s sometimes possible to see it even during the wet season. Dotted along the beaches, you may notice greying palm leaf huts that fade against the black sand backdrop and odd-looking rows of half-hollowed out tree trunks. This is where the magic happens. About 500 metres east of Pura Goa Lawah, one of these huts is used by an English-speaking family who can explain the process. They are happy to show you step by step and pose for photos and of course it’s appreciated if you purchase some salt — and even at inflated tourist prices, it’s still a bargain.
So what will you see? First, seawater is collected in home-made yoked baskets and carried halfway up the beach. We don’t know how much water the baskets can hold, but it looks heavy. This seawater is evenly poured over a flat area of raked black sand and left to evaporate for several days. The dry salty sand is gathered and transferred into a series of coconut trunk vats.
More sea water is then poured over the salty sand — this filtering process can be repeated several times, until the briny liquid reaches its briniest. The super briny brine is poured into long hollow tree trunks and left to evaporate completely for a final time. The salt crystals are then scraped up and collected in bamboo baskets. It’s not refined any further, and sometime there are a few grains of black sand or slithers of coconut wood in the mix, but these are easily identified and removed.
From what was once only a subsistence economy, produced mainly for preserving fish, Balinese sea salt is starting to appear in gourmet shops and these days is sold as an artisan product. This elevation is well deserved — the high mineral salt has a complex sweetish taste. We hope that a growth in popularity will mean a growth in the income of these hard-working producers