Pura Taman Sari cursory looks the same as other temples found in Bali. Banyan tree in the front yard with the backdrop of a row of coconut trees and verdant hills are encountered views in Bali. However, Pura Taman Sari have historical values in addition to having a unique shape. Pura
Taman Sari is situated in the village of Sangguan, including in
districts and Klungkung Regency (CA. 38 km east of Denpasar), in the
northeast corner of the city Klungkung. A quiet little town.
Enter
the city Klungkung will be able to see the castle of Klungkung, which
is the Palace of the Kings of Klungkung ever jaya in the past. Not far from Klungkung Palace can also be found in the historical building called Kertha Gosa and Taman Giri. That
is typical of the building on the ceiling there is a traditional puppet
style Kamasan containing stories Dyah Voila, Heaven, Adi Parva Pandava
Bhima, Sutasoma, and so on.
Eastern Java-Bali
Witness the Pura Taman Sari will be found the antiquity antiquity-rich. In the body of meru (cult building with terraced roofs) eleven storeys decorated with reliefs of the puppet as well as animals. Retrieved also hints that meru had decorated with porcelain plates. Sekor Dragon wrapped around the body of the meru and at the meeting of head and tail shape of a turtle, or found empas. a crystal clear pond surrounds the meru tumpang eleven. Statue of five guards also found during research. Of
characteristics that are found above, Pura Taman Sari shows a
connection with the East Java culture, especially with the Majapahit
Kingdom. The above traits Cirri are found also in some temples in East Java, as Jago, Perfumed and Three Temple Candi Penataran. The
history of Bali-Java relationship already started since centuries XI
when King Airlangga ruled Eastern Java and Bali was ruled by her sister,
Mahendradatta and Udayana yaiut.
Construction of Pura Taman Sari is estimated to be associated with the history of the Kingdom of Klungkung. Originally
based in Gelgel (3 km south of Klungkung sbeelah) known by the name of
Swecapura or Lingharsapura, then moved to Klungkung and known by the
name Smarapura. Estimated Pura Taman Sari Water
Castle was built after the Kingdom moved from Gelgel to Klungkung, more
or less in the XVI century or the beginning of XVII. The
greatest damage occurred in 1908 when the case Of Klungkung, all-out
resistance when facing yaiut invasion of the Netherlands.
Ancient Temple
Pura Taman Sari place complex are located, consisting of three temples; Segening Temple, Pura Taman Sari Water Castle and Pura Penataran, lined from North to South. From
the pattern of building temples and archaeological data, it was
concluded that the temple is pura Taman Sari can be classified as
ancient.
The
first reports about the Pura Taman Sari P.A.J. written by Mooejen, in
his book Kumst op Bali, Inleidende Studie tot de Bouwkunst, published in
1926. This book is also complemented with photographs, which can help in the reconstruction process.
1970 Pura Taman Sari found in a State heavily damaged. Old buildings can still be recognized based on the remains of bertumpung, the second is found eleven and Nine bertumpang. It was only part of his body. Piyasan (small house-shaped buildings) located in front of the meru looks just a fraction of the base. Likewise, an outdoor area that surrounds the eleven broken altogether.
The damage is thought to occur because of human caused or natural disasters. As is known, in Bali never tejadi a very powerful earthquake in 1917. Of
the population of kererangan was also obtained that the Netherlands had
damaged the temple (Taman Sari) time to cripple the defenses of the
King of Klungkung. This may be done Netherlands
because knowing that Pura Taman Sari is a pemasupatian (magical powers
or giving powers to the Kingdom of weapons). In the war blowing happen in 1908 it turned out Netherlands beat Kingdom of Klungkung.
Preservation
Restoration
was carried out by the Government over the past five years through
projects of Restoration and preservation of historical heritage and
archaeology of Bali. The cleansing ceremony held on March 23, 1984. Since that time the Pura Taman Sari can be enjoyed again like it used to. With
the establishment of Pura Taman Sari is back intact many of the
benefits that can be gained, among other things can be enjoyed
historical evidence that the member's description of the ability of the
community of jama.
