Uluwatu Temple
Cliffside Hindu temple on a seventy-meter sea cliff, home to sacred macaques and sunset dance shows.
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This guide to Uluwatu Temple in Bali follows Dang Hyang Nirartha, a wandering Hindu priest who reached this clifftop temple on Bali's southern tip sometime in the early fifteen hundreds, knowing it would be his last stop after a lifetime of founding temples across the island. You'll hear what is said to have happened when he entered the temple's newest shrine to pray, and how the temple's very name comes from that moment. Watch your belongings around the resident long-tailed macaques while you listen.
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