Ulun Danu Temple, Bali

Bedugul is a tourist attraction located in the hills with a very cool weather,with a lake called Beratan lake.

There is a Hindus temple called  Ulun Danu located on the edge of the Beratan lake, Bedugul. Ulun Danu Temple was believed as a place of Sri goddess (Goddess of.Fertility).The history of Ulun Danu Beratan is started from the Mengwi Kingdom, where on the left of the front Ulun Danu Beratan temple contained sarcophagus stone, and a stone board, which is believed from the megalithic tradition, around 500 BC. Both artifacts are now placed on top of each terrace that used as a place to conduct rituals since ancient megalithic.

On the Mengwi Chronicle describes that the founder of Ulun Danu Temple was I Gusti Agung Putu, that also founder of the Taman Ayun Temple. It's not mentioned when he founded the Ulun Danu Beratan, but Taman Ayun Temple established on the day of Anggara Kliwon Medangsia years of Saka Sad Bhuta Yaksa Dewa it is about 1556 years AD or 1634 Years AD.

 

Since the founding of the Ulun Danu temple I Gusti Agung Putu was called "I Gusti Agung Sakti" by his people.