Nature and history of the Pura Batu Bolong in Lombok Indonesia

 Pura Batu Bolong in Lombok Indonesia

In general the community Bali‑Lombok name Danghyang Nirartha is a name well known especially among historians, he is best known as the author of a great productive and have extensive insights about Phalekerta (law), Kalpasastra (arts and literature), Tattwa (philosophy), Nittisastra (Science leadership) and bidang‑bidang social religious.

Another name of Danghyang Nirartha is Pedanda Sakti Wahu Rawuh, Sumeru and Dwijendra Rishi  who built and founded the Batubolong Temple which until recently remained preserved and purified by Hindus who are in Lombok.

Batubolong Temple is located on Jalan Raya Senggigi is approximately 13 Km from the city of Mataram and built in the mid-ke‑XV century predicted by Danghyang Nirartha. He came to Lombok for the second time in the year 1533 Ad using a sailboat belonging to the Sasak‑Lombok tribe, a fisherman stranded on the beach of the village that was the Stone Ponjok border between Beleleng and Karangasem‑Bali Districts.

At that time a fisherman found in critical condition due to berhari‑hari not eat then its damaged and leaking terombang‑ambing flow of ocean waves and high winds the fisherman finally congratulations on the help of the Sage and coastal communities.

Then the damaged Sailboat capitalization and leaked last the Sage along a fisherman can across the Lombok Strait with combing the northern coast of the island of Lombok.

Strangely during the trip, seawater betulbetul ramps and calm coupled with wind gusts West so that within an instant the Sage and a fisherman last reached the Coastal hamlet of UkurBukur village of Malimbu Enjung Malaka Subdistrict, Lombok ‑ Winner North Lombok Regency West.

There he rested and meditation so until now there we encounter UkurBukur and Tanjung Pura 2 km southeast of the Gulf of Sekedik Temple we encounter in which until recently remained steady visited people.
From Sekedik he went on a trip towards the North to Kaprus in the Enjung because when sea water plug there can we encounter a small cave when it hit the edge of the harsh waves will produce a torrent of water to the top with a height of up to ten meter so that the temple was there called Pura Kaprusan.

Moving on from Kaprusan Temple the Sage of combing the beach East of approximately 3 km, and came he in Holey reef to rest.

In the retreat that he established Pelinggih in the Enjung Holey reef to exercise and Meditation we now know as the temple is Batubolong because in the Enjung large rock which pierced or perforated.

Large stone berlubangbolong is often made into a road crossing by local people from coast to coast Sit Ejung Holey reef at low tide because of the saat‑saat in the ke‑XVIII highway right now does not exist.

Coral Holey depart from the Sage back combing the beach towards the Southeast through kokol career-wise (Kali Meninting) and Kokol Jangkok (Jangkok Times) then from Ampenan continuing its journey to the Sage Coral Medain Lingsar, and Suranadi Temple.

In Suranadi temple the Sage gave spiritual lessons to the local community of Kalpasastra and Phalakerta as well as the teachings of living in balance know Sukerta Tata Tata Sukerta Pawongan, Palemahan and Tata Pagaman Sukerta.

It means the harmony relationship between man and man, man with his environment and humans with the Creator God of the universe is often called TRIHITA KARANA.

In line with the concept of the teachings of the Sage to now can we encounter amongst the people Sasak and Balinese are no di‑Lombok can still establish a sense of persatua. and unity as well as cultural royong especially during acara‑acara. Next we look back the temple Batubolong that its existence in accordance with the concept of the universe in the interface di‑Bali which always takes place in the mountains and on the shores of the sea, because in subtle shades of the mountains and the Sea provides a beautiful panoramic view and fresh but able to provide vibration spriritual prolific towards sanctity, kekhusukan and peace.

Philosophically, the conception of the mountain is the symbol of Purusa‑Predana segara as the symbol of physical and spiritual lives are balanced so that it can push towards penghayatan and silence in the sublimity of the greatness of God Almighty.

When viewed from the side of Batubolong Temple is ideal place once because of a combination of the mountain and the sea into one unified whole so no wonder Pura Batubolong is very well known and visited, not only by the Hindus themselves but touris-touris domestic and foreign tourists.

See the existence of the temple is a beautiful and natural Batubolong in the mid century ke‑XVI in berangsur‑angsur continues to be addressed by the people that live in the reef Ends Ampenan and Kampung Tanambet artiny