PURA GOA LAWAH (BAT CAVE TEMPLE) - BATUKARU EASTERN BALI HIGHLIGHT TOURS

A blunted sense of smell is a distinct advantage when visiting Bat Cave. The bats cling to the cave face, awaiting for the feeding time at night. The bats hold on to the cave walls and each others amid an ear piercing noise. The cave is a holy area with cloth draped shrines at the entrance. It has a historical significance too, for in the 1904 balinese kings confered here to plan strategy agains the invasion of Dutch.

The cave filled with thousands of Bats-their bodies packed so close together that the upper wall surface resembles undulating mud. Goa lawah is a holy temple and surrounding shrines protect the entrance. The cave is said to extent all the way to Pura besakih and may link to underground river that emerges, it is being said, at pura goa (cave temple) in the besakih complex.

Hindu prays to the sacredness and holyness of the temple and to the God/Goddess that dwells

Thousands of Bats live in this temple. They are out at 8 PM and return at 5 AM to find food

A legendary site to the Hindu followers

Bali neighbouring island of Nusa Penida, still considered as a curse island to Balinese Mythology

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