Agama Hindu Dharma
Balinese Hinduism
Offerings at every doorstep, ceremonies every week, a calendar of 210 days. The story of Bali's faith, its gods and guardians, its symbols, temples and rituals, and how to take part respectfully.
Balinese Hinduism
Bali's living faith
Tri Hita Karana
The three harmonies
Canang sari & daily offerings
The daily offering
Nyepi
The Day of Silence
Galungan & Kuningan
When ancestors return
The Balinese calendar
A year of 210 days
Temple etiquette
How to visit respectfully
Ngaben cremation ceremony
The cremation ceremony
Melukat
Purification by holy water
Penjor bamboo poles
Bamboo poles of Galungan
The story of Balinese Hinduism
How Bali's faith began
Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa & the Trimurti
The supreme god and the Trimurti
Barong
The good protector
Rangda
The widow-witch queen
Rwa Bhineda & poleng cloth
Black and white balance
Kahyangan Tiga: the three village temples
Every village's three temples
Temple layout: the three courtyards
How a temple is laid out
Meru towers
Tiered towers to the gods
Padmasana
The empty lotus throne
Family compound shrines
Every home's own temple
Priests & healers: pedanda, pemangku and balian
Priests and healers
Tirta: holy water
The water that blesses
Trisandhya: the daily prayer
Prayer three times a day
Bhoma guardian faces
Faces that guard the gates
Dewi Sri & the cili figure
Goddess of rice
Naga Basuki & Antaboga
The sacred serpents
Garuda
The divine eagle
Ongkara & the swastika
Sacred symbols explained
Ogoh-ogoh
Giant demons of Nyepi eve
Odalan: temple anniversary festivals
A temple's birthday
Leyak & the belief in black magic
Bali's world of magic
Kris: the sacred dagger
The sacred dagger
Wayang kulit shadow puppetry
Shadow puppets and gods
Sacred Trees
Where the spirits live
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