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Top:/Destinations/Bali/Regencies/Gianyar/Places to visit/Tampaksiring
 Tampaksiring is a world-widely famous village situated around 37 km from Denpasar through Mas Village of Gianyar -- the home for a range of souvenir shops and some prominent woodcarvers, like: Ida Bagus Nyana, Ida Bagus Tilem and many more. Tampaksiring hosts many fascinating places; two of them are the serene Indonesian Presidential Palace, and the Tirtha Empul Temple which owns a large water resources distributed for the needs of the surrounding people inhabit the area.
The name of Tampaksiring came from the Balinese words: ‘Tampak’ means thread, and ‘Siring’ means inclined. It is written in the Lontar (palm leaf old- script) Usana Bali, that the name of Tampaksiring inspired from the thread of a king called Mayadenawa. He was a bad king who considered himself as God. He asked his people to worship him. God Indra got angry knowing this, so that he sent his troops to punish King Mayadenawa. The King ran away to a jungle. In order to make the chasers lost his trail, he inclined his thread.
However, the God Indra’s troops were able to catch him. But before being caught, he created a poisonous springs that caused many of his chasers diead. God Indra then created a holy spring as the disinfectant of the poisonous waters. The holy spring was named as Tirtha Empul. The forest area where the King Mayadenawa’s inclined threads stepped was then known as ‘Tampaksiring’
Tampaksiring owns a magnificent landscape with the everlasting flown of the gorgeous Pakerisan River that seems paying back the tiring trip to this area. There is Pegulingan Temple stands north of the Tampaksiring Presidential Palace. The temple was found on 1983 and is proving the dissemination of Buddhist teaching in the island. Some archeological remains, such as ‘stupa’ (dome enclosing an effigy of Buddha), the Buddha statue, and some relief of Gana. Other important remain here is the inscription with the Buddhist mantra which is slightly similar with the one found in Pejeng Village of Gianyar. It is predicted that the remains came from the 8th Century.
Going down from the Pegulingan Temple, we will be led back to Tampaksiring Village passing the Tirtha Empul Temple. But before the crossroad to the Tampaksiring Presidential Palace, we can a sign written as Magening Temple. By feet through the creek, and going down the stairs, visitors will find a little temple with a quite large spring. There is a ‘prasada‘ shrine with a lingga yoni (symbol of God) and some statues. It is estimated that the prasada belonged to King Anak Wungsu Age (9th Century). It is interesting that the this prasada made of ‘padas’ (rock of hardened soil), while commonly other prasadas, like found in Kapal Village and Tonja Village of Badung Regency was made of bricks.
The Magening Temple lays on the slope of a little hill where a gorgeous landscape can be viewed, the beautiful ricefield on the south with the dry field coarse grass within, and the village with green trees on the west charmed with the village’s temple. Back to the main road, there are plenty souvenirs shops selling wood statues, jewelries, tusk carvings that make Tampaksiring worldwidely famous. There are some homestays around the village.
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