Pura Besakih

This was our guide, his name is Geedy. He is thirty-two years old like Anthony. This is the largest temple in Bali, it includes seven temples within it.

This is the entrance to the first temple. There are seven temples. The middle entrance is for the gods and the side entrances are for the people. The left side represents the good spirits and the right the evil spirits, this is depicted by the statues.

To get into the temple we had to wear wraps. Anthony's wrap is very traditional, the white represents good and the black represents evil and his wrap represents both in harmony. Mine is a traditional Ikat made from bamboo, no meaning just pretty! lol

This is one of the few temples where people from other religions are allowed  to pray. Although we did a traditional offering we prayed using our religion. The incense ward off evil spirits and the flowers are offerings to the good spirits. Men sit with their legs crossed and women sit on their knees. Once we were done praying we drank holy water and washed our faces with it. After, a priest put rice on our forehead and neck (see Anthony), a sign that we prayed and for prosperity. At last, you can remove the rice and throw it in the temple, people from India usually eat the rice.

Our guide loves photography. He was very creative when he took some of our pictures. This is a side view of one of the temples.