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 Today,  at Tanah Lot Temple some judicial staff about 30 persons do pray or "Tirta Yatra" on 8 AM. Tirta Yatra is a holy journey to pray to every temple to required safety and faithfull. On this time, ceremony leading by Mangku Subagi as the priest of tanah Lot Temple. Tanah Lot Temple usually as main temple for Hinduism people to pray every time. Because function of Tanah Lot Temple as one of Dang Kahyangan Temple in Bali. And according to belief, Tanah Lot Temple having many mysterious thing that have not been known yet.

Arrive at Tanah Lot Temple, they directly prepare for praying activity. First, they prepare the facilitate for praying like flower, kwangen, and frankincense. First, they pray with empty hand called "puyung". After that continued with use some flower with red and white color called "muspa", and then use kwangen which consist of some flower with multivarious color, and there is money above the flower called "sesari". Pray with kwangen is part of muspa. The last is pray with empty hand again to say thanks to the God of fluency and amenity which have been given.

After praying was done, then continued with nunas tirtha or holy water and bija or holy seed from the priest. Holy water and holy seed as symbol of award from the God to the hindus people. The holy water will spattered on counted four times to prayer. The first until third, holy water is drinked by prayer as symbol as cleaning the soul. But the fourth one is wash to the face as symbol as cleaning body. Last, they will give holy seed and put the holy seed at three piece of eyebrow, at neck and the last one at above of head. After all procession done, they return back and some of them also doing some dana punia ( fund) at the temple.

 
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