Rambut Siwi Temple

This beautiful temple is located in the village of Yeh Embang Kangin, 10 minutes west of Medewi Beach.

There is a interesting story about this temple, the Rambut Siwi temple is one of the four temples connect by resemblance (the others being the Uluwatu, Tanah Lot and the Pulaki temple), as all these temples are all right on the coast, in the north, south and west of the island and are there to protect Bali from outside evil and it is even said that the temples were built after a stay of the holy priest Danghyang Niratha, at least it is known in the case of the Rambut Siwi, Tanah Lot and Pulaki temple.
History of the Rambut Siwi temple, it is about when the holy priest Danghyang Niratha of Java travels west to present himself to the King Gelgel (king of Klungkung), he heard of a terrible epidemic in the village of Gading Wani. Danghyang Nirata went there and healed the sick. The grateful villagers asked him to stay there and settle there, but Danghyang Niratha had to introduce himself to King Gelgel but he left them a tuft of his hair as protection, in his honour the temple was built and the story goes that the tuft of hair is still somewhere in the centre of the temple.

There are two entrances, the west entrance is the one where you need to take the stairs to enter the temple. There is also the north entrance, which is on the same level as the temple, and it is just a matter of taking the correct side road from the main road.

The temple is on a cliff and looks over the ocean, it is a beautiful view, the temple is such a peacefull place and on a beautiful location looking west you see the ocean and ricefields, the same for the east, looking south there is only ocean and looking north there are the mountains.

It is a beautiful complex, the views are very nice and it is the tranquility that prevails.

Entrance fee which is 40,000 rp and you need to sign your name in the visitors book, here you can also borrow a sarong.