Death Temple
Pura Dalem Penunggekan, a few kilometers. away from Bangli, Bail is a temple for the death.
The walls surrounding the temple show, in relief, many frightening representations of what awaits sinners and evildoers in the afterlife.
This temple with its dramatic images is a sort of unique among all the thousands of temples im Bali.
The temples for the dead are laid out in Bali outside of towns, similar to the cemeteries in our western culture. because
Hindu-Balinese cremate their dead, there are no cemeteries here.
Only the smaller Islamic and Christian communities in Bali have their own cemeteries outside of their settlements.
© This photo is the property of Helga Bruchmann. Please do not use my photos for sharing, printing or for any other purpose without my written permission. Thank you!
Death Temple
Pura Dalem Penunggekan, a few kilometers. away from Bangli, Bail is a temple for the death.
The walls surrounding the temple show, in relief, many frightening representations of what awaits sinners and evildoers in the afterlife.
This temple with its dramatic images is a sort of unique among all the thousands of temples im Bali.
The temples for the dead are laid out in Bali outside of towns, similar to the cemeteries in our western culture. because
Hindu-Balinese cremate their dead, there are no cemeteries here.
Only the smaller Islamic and Christian communities in Bali have their own cemeteries outside of their settlements.
© This photo is the property of Helga Bruchmann. Please do not use my photos for sharing, printing or for any other purpose without my written permission. Thank you!