Goa Lawah Temple

Goa Lawah Temple is known as one of the six important temples in Bali. Five of them are Lempuyang temple, Uluwatu, Andakasa, Batukaru, and Seleyukti. Goa Lawah consists of words and Lawah cave, wherein said means Lawah bat. So Lawah Goa temple is a temple in which there are caves with thousands of bats.
Temple Goa Lawah including rural areas Pesinggahan, Dawan sub district, Klungkung Regency. The distance is about 10 km to the east of the town of Klungkung or less than 50 km from the city of Denpasar. A distance of one and a half hour from Ngurah Rai airport by pass through Prof. Ida Bagus Mantra. The location is also a pathway to Candidasa tourism, ranging from 15 miles east of the temple and Goa Lawah Temple and Kerta Gosa Bali

Regarding the history of the temple Goa Lawah , is not known exactly when and who built this temple . According to research by historians this temple was built in the 11th century the idea of MPU Kuturan . Pura Goa Lawah is worshiping God as the God of the Sea .

The scenery in this temple is very typical , because a cave is under the shady trees . At the mouth of the cave was built a couple of places of worship. In front of the cave in the temple area also appears to many places of worship. Big ceremony in this temple held once every six months . In the Balinese calendar days Anggarkasih called Medangsia .
This temple is located opposite the beach and into the hills . A temple is also built on this beach called Pura Segara . Pura Segara is a temple around which most of the community livelihood as fishermen to worship the Lord with the title of Lord Varuna or God of the Sea .
Upon entering the village temple Pesinggahan towards Goa Lawah , along the way there are many stalls that offer a menu of fish . Such as grilled fish , spiced fish , satay , fish soup , vegetable plecing , raw chili , red chili seasoning Bali , complete with rice and coconut ice. Stall - stall snacks are also many temples across . The parking lot is available quite extensive which is outside the temple and on the waterfront . This tourist destination visited by domestic and foreign tourists . Especially during the holiday season and the feast .Lawah Goa is one of the tourist sites in Bali visited by many tourists to holiday in Bali and Balinese temple Lawah Goa very often in jawadwalkan as one of the objects contained in the Bali tourism tour packages in Bali . Schedule a tour to this attraction is usually accompanied by kunjugan Bali tourism object to another , such as Bali Tirta Empul and Ulun Danu Temple .