Pura ( Balinese Temple )

Pura is the name of Balinese Temple or it means temple. So when you say  " Pura ..." it means ".... Temple". They usually looks like Chinese and Japanese pagodas but Balinese people are Hindu. It is not like temples in India.

So basically it is Balinese Hindu Temples. You can find them in everywhere in Bali. Because in every house there is one small temple. Also there are big major temples and also there are banjar temples and family temples. So there are lots of temples in the island.

• Pura Besakih, Besakih Temple, Mother Temple, in Karangasem
• Pura Lempuyang Luhur, in Karangasem
• Pura Goa Lawah, in Klungkung
• Pura Uluwatu, in Badung
• Pura Batukaru, in Tabanan
• Pura Pusering Jagat, in Gianyar