| Tanah Lot Temple is a popular spot to watch a dramatic sunset.This temple is possibly the best-known and most photographed temple on the island.Tanah means earth,and Lot means sea or south.Tanah Lot perched atop a striking, jagged rocky outcrop along the black sandy beach. This temple is the most important and one of venerated sea temples for Balinese people.To reach the temple,you must take a walkway through a kind of sideshow alley with a lot of souvenir shops.The temple is accessible at low tide, you can walk over to the temple its self (non Balinese are not allowed to enter),or walk up to the slope to the left and wait for”The sun set”down. Hundreds of the holy sea snakes sleep above the waterline in rocky holes along the beach.according to the local belief, These snakes are the guards of the temple.
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