Here are two temples located at on a large rock. One is located on top of a boulder and was located on top of a cliff similar to the Uluwatu Temple. Even on a clear day you can see from here Pura Uluwatu. Tanah Lot Temple is part of a Sad Goda Temple, namely the temple which is the island of Bali joints. And Tanah Lot sea temple is a place of worship the gods of the sea guards.
According to legend, this temple was built by a Brahmin who wander from Java. He is a successful Nirantha Sanghyang strengthens the belief of the Balinese Hindu's teaching and building a Sad Goda is on the 16th century. At that time the ruler of Tanah Lot, Bendesa Beraben, jealous of him because his followers began to leave and follow Sanghyang Nirantha.
Bendesa Beraben Sanghyang Nirantha told to leave the Tanah Lot. He agreed, and before leaving Tanah Lot, he was with his strength to move boulders into the middle of the beach (not into the sea) and build a temple there.
He also changed the shawl into a snake temple guards. This snake is still there today and scientifically snakes including sea snakes that have a characteristic flat tail like a fish, striped black and yellow and has three times more powerful toxins from cobra snake. End of the legend states that a follower Sanghyang Bendesa Beraben Nirantha.
Tanah Lot Temple on the north side there is a temple located on top of the cliff that jutted into the sea. This cliff temple connect with the mainland and a bridge-shaped, curved so. If you go down to the beach between the cliffs Tanah Lot Temple, then in a particular month you will see my version of the greatest sunset. The ball is red sun that will be right in the aperture of the cliff. As tired eyes see the world. Unfortunately there was this scene cuman in certain months when sunset is biased toward the north.
