Wandering Fel

Welcome to Pura Puseh! The temple has an inscription carved on the stone reflecting the date of the construction. The details are now carved in the more modern way to make sure it is not gonna fade. The Balinese date is equivalent to 1022 AD. 

Close up look of Pura Puseh, which is pretty much heavily influenced by Ubud style of carving. 

Roarr! This statue may look like a those Chinese lions used to perform lion dance during Chinese New Year. Well...it is really a lion-like creature but Barong is depicted as the king of spirits, leader of the hosts of good and enemy of Rangda, the demon queen and mother of all spirit guarders in the mythological traditions of Bali.

A few steps away, there is a statue of Balinese woman which is praying to the god.

Randomly spotted a beautiful purple flower too in the temple complex. I really love this kind of random finding during a trip. =)

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As this is a religious site, visitors will be given a "sarong", which is basically a cloth to cover lower part of your body. Inside the complex of the temple, we saw a table is being set up for the offerings.

This is how a common offerings look like in Bali. You will definitely see one when you are walking around Bali island.

A lot of visitors come to Batuan to admire the elaborate carving of the temples in Batuan. The carving goes all the way to the year 1000s when Batuan is ruled by a royal Balinese empire. 

The story goes on to the declining power of the royal Balinese empire which was due to a priest's curse. As a result of the curse, the royal family members are scattered to different parts of the island. The historical structure of Pura Dasar is still well maintained though notwithstanding the fact that the area has possibly changing hands so many times from one dynasty to another dynasty.

Other than admiring the historical statues and structures, there are a lot of art performances held at these traditional Balinese houses set up inside the temple complex. For instance, visitors can enjoy watching a performance of the local dance called Gambuh.

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