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The temple is located at the east of Yeh Embang Village, Mendoyo district, Jembrana regency. It is about 10 km from Negara and can be reached by any cars. For those whose are more interested in tourist sights than beaches, there are several stops along the road west from Pulukan. About 4 miles west of Medewi, near the village of Yeh Embang ; a sign for Pura Rambut Siwi indicates a small road on the left near apopular truck stop. The road leads to a shady grove less than half a mile away, where the temple sits on a bluff overlooking the ocean. There are a number of temples throughout Bali commemorating miraculous events in the life of the 16th century Javanese priest, Danghyang Nirartha. This one contains a relic, a lock of the sage’s hair (rambut) that is venerated (siwi). The story goes that when Danghyang Nirartha first arrived from Java and was traveling in the western wilderness on his way to present himself to Bali’s king in Gelgel, he heard of a terrible epidemic in the Village of Gading Wani. Danghyang Nirartha went there and banished the disease. The grateful villagers begged him to stay and settle there, but Danghyang Nirartha felt called to Gelgel, and left them a lock of his hair as a protective token. It was here that Danghyang Nirartha was given the honorific “Pedanda Sakti Wawu Rawuh” which means ‘the newly arrived powerful high priest.