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Ramayana Dance

Ramayana Dance & The Circle of Fire. One photographer explained that “the highlight of the kecak performance at Uluwatu is when Hanuman, the white monkey, is blessed by a real priest while he resides in the magical circle of fire.”

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Frozen Dragon Stare: These are statues of the Komodo Dragons looking at a river in the Monkey Forest in Ubud, Bali.

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Balinese temples, Dalem Agung Padantegal Temple in Monkey Forest, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

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Legend tells that the God Indra once tapped the springs during his battle with evil Mayadanawa. Following Mayadanawa’s wicked deed of poisoning nearby river and making hundreds of Indra’s retailers sick, the god created a spring of pure and sacred water to sure them. Tirta Empul temple was built around the springs and special bathing pools.

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After being inspired by a gorgeous photo of Tanah Lot, a sea temple in Bali, we looked up more information. There are seven sea temples, but in trying to find them all, we kept bumping into images of directional temples. Then even more temples, until we found out that beautiful Bali is known as the “island of a thousand temples.” According to the CIA World Fact Book, Indonesia is “slightly less than three times the size of Texas.” Bali is the largest tourist destination in the whole country . . . and everywhere you go there is a temple. “A Bali sunset and Tanah Lot Temple,” one of seven sea temples.

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Gitgit Waterfall, Lovina, Bali, is the highest waterfall in Bali with a height of about 35 meters. Unsurprisingly, there is also a temple at Gitgit.

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Right: Hindu Cremation in Ubud. Left: Naga Bandha, Royal Cremation Peliatan, Ubud, Bali.

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The day ends at Tanah Lot Temple. Simply stunning sunset.