Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Pura Kebo Edan

This temple is situated in the village of Pejeng, only a few meters to the north of the Statue of Arjuna Metapa. Here there is a Ciwa statue in the dancing form of Bhairawa, 3.60 meters height which is a relic of the thirteenth century BC. This statue shows the guise as a dancing figure on top of dead body with ornaments of snakes and sway.

Locals call Arca Kebo Edan. Except for this statue, in the Pura Kebo Edan also had a giant statue decorated with a skull and some other statues. Some statues have been damaged. Bhairawa statue had been repaired by the Office of Archaeological Swaka Bali in 1952.

Pura Kebo Edan is one of the temples as proof that the Hindu Tantric was developed in Bali. Tantric are derived from the influence of the Kingdom of Kediri - East Java in the 13th century AD when the King Kerta Nagara reigns. King of the Hindu Tantrayana has an influence to Bali. In Bali, the king raised his deputy named Kebo Kertanegara Parud.



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