Pura Goa lawah

Pura Goa is one of tour place in Bali and it have history value. The full name of Pura Goa is Pura Goa Lawah. Lawah is mean cave bat. In Bali, Pura Goa lawah is spiritual place for worship to god. Pesinggahan village, Dawan, Klungkung is the Pura Segara (sea pura) center. in Lontar Prekempa Gunung Agung tell that Dewa Siwa delegate Sang Hyang Tri Murti to save earth. Dewa Brahma assume a form be Ananta Bhoga Dragon. Dewa Wisnu assume a form be Basuki dragon. Dewa iswara to be a taksaka dragon.A head of Naga Basuki who incarnation from Dewa Wisnu movement the sea so the sea chage be a cloudy. Her tail turning into mount. Her head is a symbol of Pura Goa Lawah and her tail which very high as Gunung Agung. The existence of Pura Goa Lawah expressed in some lontar (old history book) is like Lontar usana Bali and Lontar Babad Pasek. In this Lontar described that Pura Goa Lawah building by inisiatif of Mpu Kuturan at XI Masehi. Mpu Kuturan have a masterpiece which name is "Babading Dharma Wawu Anyeneng".
it's conten about the founding of some pura in Bali. Pura goa Lawah build in saka years 929 or on 107 Masehi. The hindu people in bali generally doing Nyegara gunung ceremony as a closing Atma wedana ceremony or Nekah, Memukur or Maliga. The aim of this ceremony is to understand that atman family have reaching Dewa Pitara. Nyegara ceremony generally doing in Pura Go Lawah and Pura besakih. Pura Besakih in Agung mountside and Pura Goa Lawah in the side of sea is symbol of lingga yoni in the nature form. Lingga Yoni is a symbol to worship God which one of [the] its [his/its] bring into contact element of purusa with predana. Meeting of purusa as element of spirit with predana as items element cause the happening of creation. That way Glorious Mount as symbol of purusa and Goa Lawah as symbol of pradana. This is to portray natural process where irrigate sea condense to become overcast and overcast become rain. Rain accomodated by mount with close forest. The natural process which portrayed by two that nature. The Natural process happened by a law of God. Because that's in the side of Desa Pesingghan sea building a Pura Goa Lawah and in Agung Mount buliding Pura Besakih with 18 complex which espicial. In this Pura the God worshiped to request the natural process walk properly. Pujawali or piodalan in Pura Goa Lawah to worship Bhatara Tengahing Segara and Hyang Basuki done by every Anggara kasih Medangsia. In jeroan ( inner) Pura, precisely in mouth of goa there are pelinggih Sanggar arum Gallery as worship to Sang Hyang Tunggal. There Is Meru Tumpang as intersection with Bhatara Andakasa.

There is Gedong Limasari as Pelinggih Dewi Sri and Gedong Limascatu as Pelinggih Bhatara Wisnu. Two pelinggih this is as worship of God as The Hyang Basuki and of Bhatara Tengahing Segara.