Pura Mengening

This temple is located in the village of Sareseda (Tampaksiring) and is close to the bigger Tirta Empul.
The Mengening temple is a beautiful water temple that is situated on a lush, landscaped hillside. It is estimated that this temple was built around the 11th century and is dedicated to the god of water. The local people come to this temple to pray and collect holy water from the temple’s springs which are believed to have healing powers.

The entrance fee is IDR 25,000, they have modern ticket system because the receipt has a QR code but nobody is checking. You can bring your own sarong but if you don’t have one you can borrow them with the entrance. Where Tirta Empul is busy and massive, Pura Mengening is all about silence.
Once you entered the temple there is a stairs going down, during our visit the main temple was closed because of praying so we couldn’t visit that part but the complex is very nice.

UNESCO had designated this temple as a World Heritage site because of its historical and cultural significance.
There is a big square you need to cross to get to the water ponds where both tourists and locals can come to perform a cleansing ritual that uses the waters to purify your mind, heart and spirit. It is believed that this cleansing ritual can help remove negative energies or bad karma.

In this temple you can also do the cleansing ritual which can help remove negative energies or bad karma but on a smaller scale and not as massive as in Tirta Empul and out of respect for the people who were participating in these cleansing rituals we didn’t take any pictures from this.

The water flows everywhere through the temple complex and ends up in different ponds.

There is also a pond with koi fish and 2 turtles, it is a beautiful quiet place where there is a water system as the water is everywhere.

There is a parking area and parking the car costs IDR 5.000. There is also a public toilet and there are some shops where you can buy some drinks. The people are, although they try to sell their stuff like sarong, t-shirts and drinks, very friendly and they like the conversation with the tourist.
It is a very nice temple if you like things small rather than massive.