Bali Hindu Temples & Rituals

The "Split Gate" which is famous throughout Bali .... for the main entrance into the temple.



Right next to the above black family temple, is another large family temple as seen in the photo below.






A young woman waves her hand in a circular motion, through the smoke of the incense stick, in front of a small temple.



Hindu priests make their daily offerings and prayers within the black family temple.




A group of women visit their family temple to make their offerings and then to pray.



Larger than life statues of the mystical creatures that roam the island... located within a small family temple.

A hint of sweet incense....

Sleepily the Indian Ocean awakes
to the touch of the rising sun.
Embracing the still morning air
Hints of sweet incense.



At every house
Business
Intersection....
Holy Hindu temples
Guide and protect.



Daily offerings are made.
Daily blessings are bestowed.



Small as a single cement pillar,
Large as a family courtyard.
Simple as a small cement chair,
Elaborate as thatch roofed wooden huts.



Smiling stone mythological faces
Transcend the past into the future.
All the while observing
As daily offerings of
Food, flowers and incense
Are offered to...
The gods.
The ancestors.



Daily rituals of Balinese life.
Sacred rituals to live by.