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Pura Tirta Empul

Pura Tirta Empul · Tirta Empul Temple

Manukaya, Tampaksiring, Gianyar Regency, Bali, Indonesia Main Deity: Vishnu

Hindu water temple in Tampaksiring where devotees use spring-fed pools for ritual purification known as melukat.

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About Pura Tirta Empul

Identity, documented context and sacred significance.

Pura Tirta Empul is located in Gianyar Regency, Bali, Indonesia. It is hindu water temple in Tampaksiring where devotees use spring-fed pools for ritual purification known as melukat.

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Place TypeHindu Temple
Religious TraditionHinduism
Main DeityVishnu
LocationManukaya, Tampaksiring, Gianyar Regency, Bali, Indonesia
CountryIndonesia
HeritageHistoric Balinese Hindu holy-spring temple

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Religious TraditionHinduism
Main DeityVishnu

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Sacred Tradition

The springs are regarded as holy in Balinese Hindu belief; ritual bathing is a living religious practice, not evidence of a clinically established cure.

Architecture & Sacred Complex

Historic Balinese Hindu holy-spring temple

Rituals & Pujas

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Melukat purification at designated fountains

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October 15, 2026