Nuanu Restores Pura Beji Dalem and Formalises It as a Sacred Temple Within Its Area, Reinforcing Commitment to Preserving Balinese Culture

Nuanu Creative City has formally designated Pura Beji Dalem Segara as a sacred temple within its area following an approximately eight-month restoration and improvement process supported fully through the Nuanu Social Fund and carried out in coordination with the temple’s custodial family, traditional leaders, and members of the surrounding community. The process was completed with a series of Ngenteg Linggih consecration ceremonies marking the temple’s readiness to continue serving its spiritual and religious role.

Pura Beji Dalem Segara is one of 12 temples located within the wider Nuanu area, with Pura Luhur Dalem Bomo serving as the main temple, or kahyangan. Their presence reflects the longstanding spiritual significance of the area.

Pura Beji Dalem Segara traces its origins to a natural spring, or beji, which became the basis of the sacred site. According to local accounts, the spring was first discovered by the ancestors of the Sudiana family of Banjar Beraban, who continue to serve as the temple’s pengempon, or custodians. The formal designation of the temple within the Nuanu area was carried out through mutual agreement with the custodial family, while ownership remains with the Sudiana family.

Lev Kroll, CEO of Nuanu Creative City said “This is what Nuanu is about as a development. Finding the win-win – finding a way to help reconstruct the temple in a way that it becomes a learning opportunity for our visitors to learn more about the culture and be amazed with it. For us, finding a way to be respectful is not about just preserving it, but trying to add value.”

For Nuanu, the restoration of Pura Beji Dalem Segara was intended to support the continued life of the temple as an active sacred site. It remains first and foremost a place of worship connected to its custodians and community. Its presence within the wider Nuanu area also offers visitors a way to better understand that Bali’s cultural and spiritual life is part of the living reality of the land, not separate from it.

“In the case of Pura Beji Dalem Segara, the work was very practical. It involved restoring and improving the temple together with the custodial family and community so it can continue to function properly as a sacred site. What matters is that the temple remains active, maintained, and connected to the people who have long cared for it.” - said Ida Ayu Astari Prada, Brand & Communications Director of Nuanu Creative City.

The formalisation of Pura Beji Dalem Segara reflects a wider approach at Nuanu to work with the cultural and spiritual realities already present in the area. As Nuanu continues to develop, these temples remain active places of worship and community significance.

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