Goa Lawah, Klungkung - Bali

Pura Goa Lawah known as one of the six important temples in Bali. Five of them are, Lempuyang Temple, Uluwatu, Andakasa, Batukaru, and Silayukti. Goa Lawah Consists of the cave and lawah, where in said means Lawah Bat. So Goa Lawah Temple is a temple in which there are caves with thousands bats. Pura Goa Lawah including rural areas Pesinggahan, Dawan sub district, Klungkung regency or approximately 50 km from the city of Denpasar. A distance of one and a half hour from Ngurah Rai International Airport by pass through prof. Ida Bagus Mantra. Its location is also one lane with attractions Candidasa, range 15 miles east of the temple and Goa Lawah and Kerta Gosa Bali.

On the history of Goa Lawah Temple is not known exactly when and who built this temple. According to the research of the history of this temple was built in the 11th century the notion of Mpu Kuturan. Pura Goa Lawah is worship god as a god of the sea. Landscape of this temple is very typical, since a cave under the shady trees. At the mouth of the cave was built a place of worship. In front of the cave in the temple area also seems a lot of places of worship. Big ceremony in this temple held once every six months. In the Balinese calender days Anggarkasih called Medangsia. This Temple is located opposite the beach and into the hills. A temple was also built at this beach called Pura Segara. Pura Segara is a temple around which most of the community livelihood as fisherman to worship the lord with the title of Lord Varuna or the God of the Sea. Upon entering the village temple Pesinggahan towrds Goa Lawah, along the way there many stalls that offer a menu of fish. Such as grilled fish, spiced fish, satay, fish soup, vegetable plecing, raw chili, red chili spice Bali, complete with rice and coconut rice. Stall - stall snacks are also many temples across. Area ample parking available outside the temple and on the waterfront. This tourists destination visited by foreign tourists and domestic. Espicially during the holiday season and holiday. 

The King of Klungkung decided that I Gusti Ketut Agung be ordered to enter Goa Lawah, if he came out

alive he would be recognized as a descendant. The cave at that time also housed, as well as bats, big snakes, and other wild animals. According to history I Gusti Ketut Agung accepted the sentence, entered the cave and finally emerged at Besakih. True to the judgement of the King of Klungkung, he was recognized as a member of the King of Mengwi's family. When he became a King he was known as I Gusti Ketut Agung Besakih. The records also said that as a result of entering the cave he became deaf. The snakes and other wild animals no longer inhabit the cave, but thousands of bats that remain create a unique and popular attraction. 

Goa Lawah is one of the tourist sites in Bali visited by many tourists to holiday in Bali and Balinese temple Goa Lawah  very often in jawadwalkan as one of Bali's tourism object's contained in the package tour in Bali. Attraction to the tour schedule is usually accompanied by kunjungan Bali tourism objects to another, such as Bali Tirta Empul and Ulun Danu Temple.