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Bukit Peninsula, Bali · -8.8291°, 115.0849°
One of Bali's six sad kahyangan directional temples, on a 70 m sea cliff at the island's southwestern point — guarding Bali from the spirits of the ocean as the sun goes down. The kecak fire-dance performed at its clifftop amphitheatre each sunset, chanting the Ramayana's monkey army, is the island's signature ritual-theatre.
Here Nirartha ended his earthly wanderings, attaining moksha in a flash of light from the cliff — 'Ulu-watu', the headland's stone, holding the point where the priest of all Bali's sea temples left the world; the temple monkeys are held to guard his relics with famous mischief.
Pura Luhur Uluwatu stands at Pecatu on the southern Bukit peninsula of Bali, about 45 minutes to an hour by car or scooter from Kuta or Seminyak.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-26 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Warmadewa era; Majapahit-era additions