Tampak Siring, Bali

Tampak Siring is a tourist attraction featuring the beauty of Pura Tirta Empul and the presidential palace, Tampak Siring believed as a place for purification. Tampak Siring located in the Village Tampak Siring which is about 36 kilometers from Denpasar city. Pura Tirta Empul is a relic of ancient times, a very interesting place to visit and in the southwest of this temple there is the palace of President Sukarno.

Pura Tirta Empul was founded in 960 A.D. Tirta Empul means spring that gushed from the ground and the water from Pura Tirta Empul Water is flowing into the River Pakerisan. In the inside of Pura Tirta Empul there are two ponds with 30 water source that composed from east to west, facing to the south. Each of these water sources has its own name among of them are Pengelukatan, Pebersihan Sidamala, and shower Cetik (poison).

Springs Cetik and the name Tirta Empul associated with the myth of war between King Mayadenawa with the God Indra. In metologi was told that the King Mayadenawa was a wicked king, he would not allow its people to perform religious ceremonies to invoke the safety of the Lord. After the act was known by the gods, the gods led by the God Indra attacked Mayadenawa. Mayadenawa eventually be defeated and he fled to the north of the village Tampak Siring. With his power, Mayadenawa create a wellspring Cetik which resulted in the army of God Indra who died due to drinking water. Seeing this the God Indra immediately stuck a pike and emit water out of the ground. The springs are used to treat poison so the gods. The springs from the God Indra is believed to be the springs that located at Tirta Empul Temple.