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Tirta Empul Temple

Tampaksiring, Indonesia

Tirta Empul temple (Pura Tirta Empul, Balinese script: ᬧᬸᬭᬢᬷᬃᬣᬳᭂᬫ᭄ᬧᬸᬮ᭄) is a Hindu Balinese water temple located near the town of Tampaksiring, Bali, Indonesia. The temple compound consists of a petirtaan or bathing structure, famous for its holy spring water, where Balinese Hindus go to for a ritual purification called Melukat. The temple pond has a spring which gives out fresh water regularly, which Balinese Hindus consider to be holy or amritha. Tirta Empul which means holy spring that arises from the ground.

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