🇮🇩Finding Peace at Bali’s Holy Spring Temple🪷

📍Pura Tirta Empul is a sacred water temple located in Tampaksiring, Bali, famous for its holy spring water used for traditional Balinese purification rituals.

Built in 962 AD, the temple is dedicated to Vishnu, the Hindu god of water, and is a significant spiritual site for locals and visitors seeking blessings.

Visitors can participate in the melukat purification ritual by bathing in the cool spring water flowing from 30 spouts into the temple pools, believed to cleanse the body and spirit✨

📝 Guide on how to seek blessings:
1️⃣ Wear a Sarong & Sash:
Required before entering the temple and pools (available at the entrance).

2️⃣ Place Offerings:
Before bathing, locals often place small offerings (canang sari) at the shrine near the pools for prayers of gratitude and intention.

3️⃣ Enter the Purification Pool:
Step into the cool spring water. The pool has a series of 30 spouts; visitors usually cleanse under each spout in order, skipping the last two (traditionally reserved for funeral rituals).

4️⃣ Ritual Steps:
At each spout:
- Stand under the water, let it flow over your head and body.
- Pray silently or set your intention (health, peace, letting go).
- Splash water onto your face three times and sip a little (optional) before moving to the next spout.

5️⃣ Move Mindfully:
Repeat at each spout you wish to cleanse under; take your time, respecting others also doing the ritual.

6️⃣ Final Prayer:
After finishing, you may sit quietly to give thanks, then change out of your wet sarong.

7️⃣ Respect Temple Etiquette:
- Do not point your feet at shrines.
- Women on their period are traditionally advised not to enter the temple.
- Keep your voice low to respect the sacred environment.

Outfit 👘
✅ Sarongs are a must to wear to enter and they’re available to rent for 🆓

Entrance fee 🎫
✅ IDR 50,000 (~USD 3) per adult
✅ IDR 25,000 for children

Bathing fee 🛁
✅ No additional fee specifically for bathing in the holy spring pools.
✅ An extra green sarong to rent for bathing IDR 10,000–15,000 (~USD 0.6–1)

Operating Hours 🕰️
✅ Open daily: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (last entry usually around 4:30 PM).
✅ The purification pools are open during these hours, but mornings are less crowded and cooler for bathing.

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