Pura Gede Perancak

Last updated
Pura Gede Perancak
Indonesia Bali location map.svg
Red pog.svg
General information
Type Temple
Architectural styleBalinese
AddressYeh Kuning, Jembrana District, Jembrana Regency
CountryIndonesia
Coordinates 8°24′04″S114°36′40″E / 8.401213873870223°S 114.61108283680534°E / -8.401213873870223; 114.61108283680534

Pura Gede Perancak is a prominent Hindu sea temple in Perancak, Bali, Indonesia. This temple commemorates the site of Dang Hyang Nirartha's arrival in Bali in 1546. [1]

Contents

Etymology

The name 'Perancak' comes from ancak, meaning "broken", "destroyed"; an allusion to the legend whereby I Gusti Ngurah, [2] the village leader, [3] challenged Nirartha and the latter causing a stone to split [2] - that upon which Gusti Ngurah had been sitting. [3]

History

Formerly known as “Tanjung Ketapang,” the village was transformed during the collapse of the Majapahit Kingdom - which brought significant cultural shifts in the region. [3]

The original Pura Perancak temple was situated on a hill on the Muslim side of the river (the Pengambengan side) but was relocated to the marshlands on the Perancak side. Since then, it has been reconstructed twice. Its last rebuilding as an important pura dang kahyangan, a temple associated to Nirartha, contributes to anchoring the Hindu community in a predominantly Muslim area - especially as the status of dang kahyangan puts the temple on the Hindu holy water pilgrimage which extends as far as India. [4]
There is another temple further along the coast: Pura Tamba in Yeh Kuning [5] ; it is not integrated into its local community: it promotes a spiritual teacher and residential followers - who practice meditation and yoga -, and this setting is foreign to Balinese spirituality. The local Hindu village refuses to take charge of the ritual responsibilities in this temple. [6]

Other

Buffalo races (makepung lampit) are organized in Perancak each 28 of the month between July and November, gathering some 250 participants (pepadu) each year. [7]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raja</span> Monarch or princely ruler in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia

Raja is a noble or royal Sanskrit title historically used by some Indian monarchs and highest-ranking nobles. The title was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tanah Lot</span> Rock formation off the coast of Bali

Tanah Lot is a rock formation off the Indonesian island of Bali. It is home to the ancient Hindu pilgrimage temple Pura Tanah Lot, a popular tourist and cultural icon for photography.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Uluwatu Temple</span> Balinese Hindu temple in Indonesia

Uluwatu Temple is a Balinese Hindu temple located on the south-western tip of the Bukit Peninsula in Uluwatu, Badung Regency, Bali, Indonesia. It is the only Balinese sea temple that is also one of the nine directional temples.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">West Bali National Park</span>

West Bali National Park is a national park located in Buleleng Regency and Jembrana Regency, on the west point of Bali, Indonesia. The park covers around 190 square kilometres (73 sq mi), some 82% of which is on land and the remainder at sea. This is approximately 3% of Bali's total land area.

A Balinese name is part of a system of identification used by the Balinese people and in the western parts of the neighboring island of Lombok, Indonesia. A Balinese name will have three parts: a title, a birth order name and a personal name. Balinese people do not use a family name.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dang Hyang Nirartha</span> Indonesian Shaivite missionary

Danghyang Nirartha, also known as Pedanda Shakti Wawu Rauh, was a Shaivite religious figure in Bali and a Hindu traveler, during either the 15th century or 16th century. He was the founder of the Shaivite priesthood in Bali.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Balinese art</span>

Balinese art is an art of Hindu-Javanese origin that grew from the work of artisans of the Majapahit Kingdom, with their expansion to Bali in the late 14th century. From the sixteenth until the twentieth centuries, the village of Kamasan, Klungkung, was the centre of classical Balinese art. During the first part of the twentieth century, new varieties of Balinese art developed. Since the late twentieth century, Ubud and its neighboring villages established a reputation as the center of Balinese art.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pura Ulun Danu Batur</span> Balinese Hindu temple in Indonesia

Pura Ulun Danu Batur is a Hindu Balinese temple located on the island of Bali, Indonesia. As one of the Pura Kahyangan Jagat, Pura Ulun Danu Batur is one of the most important temples in Bali which acted as the maintainer of harmony and stability of the entire island. Pura Ulun Danu Batur represents the direction of the North and is dedicated to the god Vishnu and the local goddess Dewi Danu, goddess of Lake Batur, the largest lake in Bali. Following the destruction of the original temple compound, the temple was relocated and rebuilt in 1926. The temple, along with 3 other sites in Bali, form the Cultural Landscape of Bali Province which was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Balinese temple</span> Balinese Hindu temple

A Pura is a Balinese Hindu temple and the place of worship for adherents of Balinese Hinduism in Indonesia. Puras are built following rules, style, guidance, and rituals found in Balinese architecture. Most puras are found on the island of Bali, where Hinduism is the predominant religion; however many puras exist in other parts of Indonesia where significant numbers of Balinese people reside. Mother Temple of Besakih is the most important, largest, and holiest temple in Bali. Many Puras have been built in Bali, leading it to be titled "the Island of a Thousand Puras".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jembrana Regency</span> Regency in Bali, Indonesia

Jembrana Regency is a regency (kabupaten) in the southwest of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 841.8 km2 and had a population of 261,638 at the 2010 Census and 317,064 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 327,850. Its regency seat is the town of Negara.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pura Luhur Batukaru</span> Hindu temple in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia

Pura Luhur Batukaru is a Hindu temple in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia.

Pura Griya Sakti is a Balinese Hindu temple located in the village of Manuaba, Kenderan administrative village, Tegalalang subdistrict, Gianyar Regency, Bali. The district is known for its woodcarving and its terraced rice field. The small village of Manuaba is about 4 km north of Kenderan or about 2.5 km southwest of the town of Tampaksiring with its famed Gunung Kawi temple. Pura Griya Sakti is the main temple of a powerful Brahman caste in the area.

Pura Lempuyang Luhur is the seventh and highest temple of the Lempuyang temple complex on Mount Lempuyang in Karangasem Regency, east Bali, Indonesia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pura Taman Saraswati</span> Balinese Hindu temple in Indonesia

Pura Taman Saraswati, officially Pura Taman Kemuda Saraswati, also known as the Ubud Water Palace, is a Balinese Hindu temple in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The pura is dedicated to the goddess Sarasvati. Pura Taman Saraswati is notable for its lotus pond.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pura Dasar Buana Gelgel</span> Balinese temple in Indonesia

Pura Dasar Buana is a Balinese Hindu temple or pura located in Gelgel, Bali, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Semarapura. Pura Dasar Buana is one of the Pura Dang Kahyangan Jagat, a temple which was built to honor a holy teacher of Hindu teaching. Pura Dasar Buana honored Mpu Ghana, a Brahmin who arrived to Bali from Javanese Majapahit to teach Hinduism in the island.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">I Gusti Bagus Oka</span>

I Gusti Bagus Oka was the Governor for the Province of Bali and Vice-Governor for the Province of Lesser Sunda. He and his wife, Gedong Bagus Oka, were the founding members of the Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia. I Gusti Bagus Oka was also the first Vice-chair of Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia. Throughout his public service career, I Gusti Bagus Oka held various government offices, while Gedong Bagus Oka served as Member of Parliament. The couple were also actively involved in social activity and founded Ashram Gandhi in Candidasa, Bali.

The Paruman Agung was the regional parliament of Bali from 1938 until 1950.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">I Gusti Ngurah Jaya Negara</span> Indonesian politician (born 1966)

I Gusti Ngurah Jaya Negara is an Indonesian politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle who is the current mayor of Denpasar, Bali, having served since 2021. Before becoming mayor, he had been the city's vice mayor under Ida Bagus Rai Mantra for two terms, from 2010 to 2015 and 2016–2021, and before that he was elected twice to the city's legislature.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pura Rambut Siwi</span> Hindu temple in Bali, Indonesia

Pura Lempuyang Luhur is a sea temple in Mendoyo district, Jembrana Regency, west Bali, Indonesia. It is sometimes cited as one of the six "sanctuaries of the world".

References

  1. Bali & Lombok By Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Lonely Planet, Lisa Steer-Guerard, Jocelyn Harewood, Page 260
  2. 1 2 Krisnawati, Ni Luh Putu; Suarka, I Nyoman; Lauder, Multamia R.M.T.; Mulyawan, I Wayan (April 2024). "Toponym Typology of Temples in Tourist Destinations in Bali" (PDF). International Journal of Current Science Research and Review. 7 (4): 2285, 2286. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  3. 1 2 3 "Gede Perancak Temple". balistarisland.com. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  4. Bagus, Mary Ida (2014). "12. Ethnicity, Religion and the Economic Imperative: Some Case Studies from the Fringes of West Bali". Between harmony and discrimination : Negotiating Religious Identities within Majority-Minority. Brill's Southeast Asian Library, vol. 3. Brill. pp. 313–314. ISBN   978-90-04-27125-8.
  5. "Pura Tamba, Yeh Kuning, map". google.co.id/maps.
  6. Bagus 2014, p. 313, note 28.
  7. "Lundi 28 septembre > Bayonne à Bali… ou presque" (PDF). balisolo.com (in French). Gazette de Bali. September 2015. p. 30. Retrieved 2024-06-02.