Bali, the Island of Thousand Temples

Bali travel News One of the nicknames given to the Island of Bali is the Island of Thousand Temples. This nickname is indeed true, as this island is confined by thousands of temples occurring at the fringe of the beach and hundreds of others at the mountain ranges.
In the meantime, a single village in Bali is not entitled to hold the name of customary village if it does not have at least three temples or puras encompassing the Pura Desa, Pura Puseh and Pura Dalem. These three temples are the essential requirement of the establishment of a Customary Village in Bali.
Apart from the three temples as mentioned above, there are some other temples having non-identical function. For instance, the Melanting Temple, as a sanctum to worship the Goddess Melanting, is mostly used by traders. So is the Subak Temple worshipped by local farmers because this temple represents the venerating symbol of the Goddess Sri ruling the fertility and prosperity. It is not unusual, that when farmers are engulfed by water shortage to irrigate their rice field, they will hold a ritual of rain invocation at the Subak Temple in order to be blessed with abundant water by Hyang Widhi (God).
Here, the current issue of Bali Travel News features the theme of great temples spreading out in all regencies and city across Bali. For details, simply read this edition!