A hindu temple in Tabanan, Bali. It is one of less touristy temples of the island One stipulation to entering this temple was we had to wear sarongs. There were a few other rules of who was allowed in, see the sign board below. A lot of the signs were in Indonesian, English and Dutch.
We went out for a about two hours to check out old temples nearby, when we came back we were in time for the last stage of the ceremony, the gamelan would have been playing for 5 hours by now. All the participants were dressed up in traditional clothes and there was a massive prayer and offering with a few roast pigs..it was pretty much a buffet. There were sounds of deep mumbling pray and the ringing bells.
And its still on….
We then followed the participants up the road to the village water hole where they showered in holy water (I think) , more blessings and offerings. If you haven’t realised already, the old men in the white are Hindu priests.
Just over 10km outside of KL you’ll find the Batu Caves, a sacred place for the Hindu’s in Malaysia. Discovered in 1892, The caves mainly consist of limestones and hungry monkeys. Its a 272 step climb to the top, so make sure you have filled up with over priced /tourist priced Roti canai at the bottom. At the top you will find peace - temples… and a souvenir shop :-D
It poured down that day and the steps were really narrow and slippery, only ancient Chinese women with binded feet would be comfortable with these stairs. I had to side step all the way down while taking photos of monkeys, MikeP would have been loving it.
At 42.m statue of the most popular Tamil Hindu deity Murugan (tallest in the world of this deity). Yup, That’s Whats up.
Should have done a rocky pose.
A souvenir shop in a fricken cave, man!
cool.
