Tanah Lot 'is a tourist attraction in Bali, Indonesia. Here are two temples are located on on a large rock. One is located on the boulder and the other is located on the cliffs similar to Uluwatu Temple. Pura Tanah Lot is part of the temple Dang kahyangan. Pura Tanah Lot sea temple is a place of worship the gods of the sea guards.
According to legend, this temple was built by a Brahmin who wandered from Java. He is a successful Danghyang Nirartha strengthen the belief of the Balinese Hindus will be teaching and developing the Sad kahyangan in the 16th century. At that time the ruler Tanah Lot, Bendesa Beraben, jealous of him because his followers began to leave and follow Nirartha Danghyang.
Beraben Bendesa told Danghyang Nirartha to leave the Tanah Lot. He agreed, and before he left the Tanah Lot, with its power to move the boulder into the middle of the beach (not into the sea) and built temples there. He also changed into a snake scarf temple guards. This snake was still there until now and is scientifically snakes including sea snakes that have the characteristics of a flat tail like a fish, striped black and yellow and has a poison 3 times stronger than cobra snake. End of the legend has it that Bendesa Beraben 'finally' be a follower Danghyang Nirartha.
Tanah lot situated in the Village Beraban Kediri Tabanan district, about 13 km west of Tabanan. North Pura Tanah Lot is a temple located on the cliff that jutted into the sea. This cliff temple connect with the land and shaped like a bridge (arch). Tanah Lot, famous as a beautiful place to watch the sunset (sunset), the tourists are usually crowded in the afternoon to see the beauty of the sunset here