Bedugul (around 40 km north Denpasar), was the mountainous tourist attraction that often was visited by tourists, especially Indonesian Archipelago tourists (Domestic Tourist).With the three lakes, Beratan, Tamblingan and Ceningan, Bedugul that was located 1.200 until 1.450 meters above sea level that, still was beautified the Ulun Danu Temple, Botanical Garden Eka Karya, and the golf-course Balinese Handara.
The botanic garden that collected approximately 1,200 crop kinds was one of the pioneers of conservation of the Indonesian flora, that it seems most beautiful in the world.
The Ulun Danu temple that was established at the beginning of the 17th age, to one of the center of the visit. The Hindu community regarded this temple the place requested the safety and the fertility. Stood at the edge of the Beratan Lake, Pura Ulun Danu very beautiful and calm with the background cliff the mountain that was covered the fog around the lake. On the certain day, especially during piodalan, Hindu group all of Bali many that came to this temple.
At the time of the ceremony piodalan usually was sunk by various animals that still were young was accompanied by the ritual offering into the lake. These animal casualties to show the feeling of the service to Dewi Ulun Danu, the strength of the Lord who gave prosperity to the Balinese community through results of his agriculture. The botanic garden of Eka Karya widely almost 155 hectare, collected the crop from the Netherlands, Australia, Japan, China, Africa, South America and the United States.
The Indonesian crop kind including two original casuarina kinds that is the casuarina geseng (Casuarina junghuhniana) and the short casuarina (Podocarpus javanicus). In this botanic garden also had the collection 3230 orchid kinds, including several kinds that were received in Bali, the cactus collection and the Cyathea garden, that is a kind of palm tree be feathered and was thorny that was original plants in the Bedugul region.
The roses garden, the traditional collection and the crop of the medicine crop for the activity and piety of the traditional ceremony, were the typical characteristics that enriched the botanic garden of Eka Karya Bali this. Be interesting enough the building botanicals, that was the Balinese complex of the building of the traditional house
From this complex, gaze at down, was seen by beauty of the Beratan Lake.In this botanic garden region was gotten three temple buildings.
The old temple that was acknowledged as the Batu Meringgit Temple, his building consisted of stones that crop was jagged, as well as several small statues. Was not known when the old building was made, but from the clear archeology field very interesting. Several supporting buildings were made at the front by penyungsung (the user) the temple.
The other temple, the Teratai Temple the bang (the red water lily) that had three stages, was located on the hill, in the place of the source of the sulphur trickled went out. The level was lowest was outside the fence of the temple was equipped the building that was used by preparations for the ceremony. Went upwards beyond the ladder that was guarded a pair of the guards statues mouth fire, to the second level. Here was gotten two buildings that were used playing the gamelan accompanied the dance during the ceremony. The last level (the bowel) was the part was holiest, the place of the prayer in front of the pagoda building, that is the building with the stratified palm fiber roof symbolized the Mahameru Mountain.
The third temple was the new temple, was built in 1963 for the place of the employee’s prayer of the Botanic Garden. Surrounded the wall was engraved contained Ramayana story, in this temple stood the holy building padmasana, symbolized the earth was supported by the giant’s turtle. The peak was highest symbolized the Sanghyang Widhi existence, the Lord of the Lord.(kompas)
