tanah lot statues

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Tanah Lot, Hindu Buddhist deities, traditional colorful sculpture artform incorporated into Tanah Lot temples. Tanah Lot is claimed to be the work of the 16th-century religious figure Dang Hyang Nirartha, who was significantly influenced by Hinduism and who allegedly spent a night there in the course of his extensive travels in Bali, Lombok, and Sumbawa. In the present day, Nirartha is also worshipped at Tanah Lot.