Bukit Peninsula, Bali · -8.8291°, 115.0849°
One of Bali's six sad kahyangan directional temples, on a 70 m sea cliff at the island's southwestern point — guarding Bali from the spirits of the ocean as the sun goes down. The kecak fire-dance performed at its clifftop amphitheatre each sunset, chanting the Ramayana's monkey army, is the island's signature ritual-theatre.
Here Nirartha ended his earthly wanderings, attaining moksha in a flash of light from the cliff — 'Ulu-watu', the headland's stone, holding the point where the priest of all Bali's sea temples left the world; the temple monkeys are held to guard his relics with famous mischief.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-26 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Warmadewa era; Majapahit-era additions