The magic of Ayodya Resort Bali almost defies description. At Ayodya Resort Bali, we painstakingly blend the hospitality and grace of Bali’s engaging people with Ayodya standards of excellence. We serve up a generous amount of traditional Ayodya magic. Add a touch of Bali mystique. And the perfect recipe for comfort, quiescence and indulgence is created.

The resort offers its guests a uniquely Balinese experience. The Ramayana, the great Hindu epic that tells the story of Rama and his bride Shinta, is retold in the magnificent architecture of Ayodya Resort Bali. The resort is designed to resemble a Balinese water palace in all its grandeur. Magnificent stone statues, resplendent fountains and stunning lagoon pools welcome you on arrival. Beautiful bas-relief and carved stone sculptures are featured throughout the landscape. These tell the enchanting tales of the Monkey King Sugriwa, the Monkey Prince Subali and the clever Monkey General Hanuman.

Located in the heart of Nusa Dua, a secluded yet luxurious resort development in the South of Bali, the hotel enjoys a stunning position overlooking the Indian Ocean. Bali’s secret mountain Gunung Agung can be tantalizingly glimpsed in the distance and immediately adjacent sits the Bali Golf and Country Club.

Ayodya Resort Bali enjoys an extensive range of restaurants, bars, sports and leisure activities as well as meeting facilities. In short it is the ideal complete resort.

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Located directly on the fine-grained beach of an old fishing village named Pemuteran, approximately 50 km from the old capital Singaraja you will find the MATAHARI BEACH RESORT & SPA. Here you can forget every day life, find new energy and experience the magic of the island.

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Most Balinese believes that their bodies, like an electric battery, accumulates a magic energy called ‘kesaktian’ that enables them to withstand the attack of evil powers, human or supernatural, that seek constantly to undermine their health. This ‘kesaktian’ is not evenly divided; some people are born with a capacity to store higher charge of magic than others. Balinese believe that women has greater capacity then men, someone who born on a certain day and someone who born with a deformity is believed to have stronger magical power than ordinary human. Some people are believed to be born with stronger magical power inherited from their previous life.

Balinese have a firm belief that ‘kesaktian’ can be trained to produce various magical ability such as changing shape, flying spreading disease, etc, by undergoing ascetical life, meditation and systematic study of the arts of magic (kawisesan). The magic energy (kesaktian) can be used for various purposes, people whose heart are wicked use the magic science to harm their enemies, or satisfy their curiosity on magic by using their neighbors as specimens for their magical experiments.

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Like any other people, Balinese are also thrill-seekers, enjoy watching others take great risks and live to tell the tale, although Balinese have no tradition of wire walking or high diving or other dangerous athletic pursuits. But in the realm of magic they can found abundant of thrill to satisfy thirst for dangerous excitement.

The source of this magical excitement is the Calonarang drama performance. In a scene in this performance, a performer in Rangda mask usually someone who is able to counteract the power of black magicians and other people who can turn themselves into leyak, or terrifying creatures, challenges all the local sorcerers to fight him with their magic. The performer cry in his highest voice, calling and forcing them to come forth whether they want or not. Sometimes the performer, the Rangda dancers feels so exultantly invulnerable that he strips off the mask and invites the sorcerers to attack him: ‘all you leyak, come on! Attack me altogether! ME! Attack! Attack! Attack ME!’

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For some Balinese house compound protection that is provided by walls, gate, and guardian spirit shrines are not enough. All these means of protection are useless against determine thieves, robbers or advanced level magical attack. These kind of disturbances create an urgent need in Balinese’s mind for a stronger mean of house compound protection at least a tool that can cover the weakness of walls, gate and guardian spirit shrines.

The best solution for this problem in Balinese culture is a house compound amulet. The amulet for house compound protection can be divided into two divisions: Tetaneman or Pependeman and Pepasangan.

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Bali, the Island of Thousands Temples, can boast of 50,000 temples, but that figure is far smaller then the number of shrine found in Bali. There are more than one and a half million shrines scattered all over the island. They are everywhere, outdoor and indoor; they can be found in houses, courtyards, marketplace, cemeteries, and rice paddies; on beaches, barren rocks off-shore, deserted hilltops, and mountain heights; deep inside caves; within the tangled toots of banyan trees. At most intersections and most dangerous places, temples are erected to prevent mishaps. Even in the middle of jungle crossroads, incense burns at small shrines brightened with flowers, wrapped leaves, and gaily colored cloth.

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