Pura Besakih (Bali) History

This origin is Besakih, before there was nothing there just the woods and wilderness of the place, so before there Segara Rupek (Strait of Bali). The island of Bali and Java island is still the first one and not separated by sea. Length of the island and named the island of Dawa. In East Java that is on Mount mire (now known as Mount Raung) there was a hermit named Yogi or sage Markandeya.

He originated and Hindustan (India), by-entourage entourage called Batara Giri mire because of spiritual purity, skills and wisdom (magic sidhi ngucap). At first, the Yogi Markandeya Demulung meditated in the mountains, then moved to the mountains Hyang (supposedly it is DIYENG Hyang mountain in Central Java who came and said AT Hyang). So long he was imprisoned there, got the word from Hyang Widhi Wasa for him and his followers on the island forest merabas Dawa after completion, for the land distributed to his followers.

The Yogi Markandeya carry out the command of it and immediately set off eastwards along the escort-escorts approximately number 8000. After arriving at the destination the Yogi Markandeya told all his escorts working merabas wilderness, carried out as it should.
When merabas forests, many attendants The Yogi Markandeya who was sick, then die and there is also a dead wild animal eaten, because it is not preceded by a ceremony Yadnya (bebanten / offerings)

Then stopped and the forest perabasan Yogi Markandeya returned to the hermitage where the original (said to a roar in the mountains of East Java. For some time the Yogi Markandeya lived in the mountain roar. On a day which is considered good (Adult Ayu), he again wanted to continue the forest perabasan opening it to new areas, accompanied by the receipt and ascetics who will be invited to jointly presented to beg wara nugraha Hyang Widhi Wasa to the success of this work. By this time the entourage totaled 4000 people who came and Age village (population at the foot of the mountain roar) with bring more agricultural equipment including the seeds to be planted in the forest that will dirabas it. After arriving at the destination, the Yogi Markandeya immediately do tapa yoga meditation together other yogis and offered upakara Yadnya, namely the god Yadnya and Blind Yadnya. After the ceremony was finished, his followers were put to work to continue perabasan forest, felling trees and others start and south to north. As seen enough dirabas forest, then the blessing Asung wara nugraha Hyang Widhi Wasa, The Yogi Markandeya ordered perabasan forest, it was discontinued and he began a division-division of land for his followers made their respective fields, dry and housing.

In places where the forest begins perabasan Yogi Markandeya The pitcher plant (payuk) filled with water, also Pancadatu the form of metallic gold, silver, copper, iron and bronze with a jeweled Mirah Adi and upakara (bebanten / offerings) sprinkled more tirta Pangentas (holy water). The place where the means were planted named Basuki. Since then the followers of the Yogi Markandeya who come in next time as well as forest merabas to opening new territory, no longer overwritten disaster as they have ever experienced before. That little quote from palmyra Markandeya Purana about the origin of the village and the temple of Besakih which as mentioned earlier named Basuki and in its development and then to this day called Besakih.

Maybe based on that experience, and also based on what is contained in the teachings of Hinduism on Panca Yadnya, until now every time Hindus would build something of buildings such as houses, shops, offices until the construction of temples, as well as begin work on fields or at companies, they held first upakara Yadnya like Nasarin or Mendem Elementary Building. Afterwards, the work began, with hope to get a Hindu religious spiritual success in addition to efforts undertaken by physical forces and the skill or expertise that they possess. Further attention to the contents of manuscripts, Markandeya Purana it earlier and was associated also with the realities that we see everyday till now about the good life of the community especially in traditional village settings and water control system in the rice fields. Therefore we can conclude that Besakih is the first place of our ancestors who moved from the mountain roar in East Java at first to build a village and employment particularly in agriculture and animal husbandry. Similarly, developing the teachings of Hinduism.

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