Temple, large or small, plain or elaborate are found everywhere on the island, especially in Bali. Besides the house temple in every compound, each village must have at least three temples such as;
the Pura Desa, Pura Puseh, and Pura Dalem, if it is to be considered a complete village community. There are countless others; the subak temples, the clan temples, the banjar temples, and those shrines near the public bathing place dedicated to the spirits of the lakes and springs. Those of them are small temple in Bali, did you know the large temple in Bali? It is very famous temple in Bali that we call Besakih, Mother temple. It is the first temple built in Bali or well known with Mother Temple, built by the Javanese high priest Rsi Markandeya who traveled to Bali in 8th century. Besakih Temple has big complex of temple included the family temple who add later by another Javanese high priest Danghyang Nirartha in 16th century. The main temple courtyard is “Penataran Agung” has a triple throne called “Padmasana Tiga” with separate seats of the trinity gods Brahma, Wisnu and Siwa. It is very big and large temple of all Bali, flourishes with festivities high on the slope of Gunung Agung Volcano. To enter this temple, you pass through the monumental candi bentar, split gate. Resembling o tower cut in two halves; this passageway probably takes its form from the old candi monuments of ancient java.
Many tourist are interested to visit it because of their antiquity or because they were found under extraordinary circumstance, these objects are considered divine gifts to the own sake. There are no idols in Bali. Both a thing and a person may be respected as holy because of a spiritual presence which dwells within.