Penataran Sasih temple at Gianayar Bali

The location of Pura Penataran Sasih in Bali is easily accessible as the temple is about 6 km away from Gianyar town, on the main road towards north. The temple derived its name from an ancient bronze kettledrum which is now kept in the inner chamber. The kettledrum is about 2 meters in length; and it is locally known as the Moon of Pejeng, as one of the few relics of the Balinese Bronze Age, it is a great archeological find.

This temple is located in the Village Pejeng on the road towards Tampaksiring attractions. This temple is famous for a huge nekara, 186.5 cm tall and 160 cm in diameter. Nekara bronze from the prehistoric (pre hindu) known by the name of the month which means moon Pejeng who fell to earth. Therefore, this temple is called Penataran Sasih, "Sasih" means moon. What's interesting here is the decoration "in Pejeng" who shaped the face mask pair arranged with a pair of big eyes wide, with long ears and the earrings are made of money kepeng Pejeng sagitiga'Bulan nose is also considered as earrings Kebo Iwo . A number of important statues in the temple there are also

Pura Penataran Sasih in Bali served the purpose of one the most important places of worship during the time of the great Balinese kingdoms. Various temple festivals are held in the 9th Balinese month at the Pura Penataran Sasih in Bali. It is an old temple that is before spreading Hinduism to Bali. Sashi means "Moon" in an Indonesian language. "Moon of Pejeng" who is the god of the moon is supplied. "Moon of Pejeng" is a drum made from copper.
There is a myth of "Moon of Pejeng" in this temple. "There were 13 moons in ancient Bali. One in that fell in the village when was, and it was caught to the coconut tree. Because the moon is bright day and night, the thief who was not able to work has been embarrassed. The thief thought that he turned off the light of the moon. And, he went up the coconut tree, and put piddle on the moon. However, the moon exploded at the moment. And, the thief died, and the moon dropped on ground." This is a myth of "Moon of Pejeng". It is said that the bottom of "Moon of Pejeng" cracked because of this thief. And it is said that another theory was an eardrop of giant Kebo Iwa of the legend.

Legend tells how the gong was once the wheel of a chariot that transported the moon through the skies. The wheel shone just as brightly as the moon itself and, when it fell out of the sky and got stuck in a tree in Pejeng, a local thief became so incensed by its incriminating light that he tried to extinguish it by urinating over it. The wheel exploded, killing the thief, and then dropped to the ground. Ever since, the Balinese have .treated the Moon of Pejeng as a sacred object.

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