Rangda

Site common name	Pura Dalem
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Village	Monkey Forest
State	Bali
Country	Indonesia
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : -8.518611 Long : 115.258611

History of production	Pura Dalem is a temple built in dedication to the dead. It is one of the three Puras. Other Puras include Pura Desa, the temple of the village and Pura Puseh, a temple dediated to the ancentors who guard the village. Pura Dalem is often located in the south of the village, which is an inauspicious direction. This is different from Pura Desa which is in the center of the village and Pura Puseh, which is in the north of the village, an auspicious direction. Besides, Pura Dalem is dedicated to the dead. Pura Dalem is often located in a community forest, which is a forest dedicated to the dead. Such a forest is the habitat of monkeys in the present and is often called monkey forest . The most famous example is Pura Dalem of Ubud.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Balinese Art
Age	22-25 centuries BE.
Religion	Brahmanism-Hinduism
Religion and belief	The front of Pura Dalem and other Puras related to corpes is usually decorated with Rangda sculpture, which is the symbol of evilness. She often has long hair, curving fabgs and protuding eyes. Her breast are unsightly flabby. Sometimes, she eats children. She is the symbol of evilness and is often decorated with Pura Dalem related to death.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-07-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali