18/04/2026
Tumpek Landep Day in Bali
Hindus in Bali to celebrate Tumpek Landep rite today. It is a holy day to respect the almighty God in His manifestation as the Sang Hyang Siwa Pasupati who is believed to be the supreme divine force (in Bali commonly known as “Taksu”) of anything exists in the universe including the living and non-living things. Tumpek Landep is celebrated every six months determined by Balinese Calendar which equals to 210 days exactly on Saniscara Kliwon Landep.
Offerings served during Tumpek Landep Day
Balinese Hindus use a number of symbols to visualize their respected God. The temple shrine for instance, is respected as the home of the gods where worshippers usually offer well-decorated offerings and knelling down to get close to the god before the shrine on holy days. Additionally, a number of spiritual goods or in Bali named as Pratima made of wood and metal also resided inside the temple shrines to sharpen the spiritual vibrations of the shrines
Keris purified during Tumpek Landep Day
On this Tumpek Landep day, Hindus residing across the island are in particular respecting the metal spiritual goods especially Keris which is believed to have to possess spiritual power and nowadays served as one of cultural tangible heritages.
Hindus celebrating Tumpek Landep rite in Bali
At household level, Hindus serves some offering to the kitchen utensils such as knife, stove, fork, spoon and other metal goods supporting the household life. Of course, for farmers, they will also serve some offering to their farmer metal stuffs such as sickles, hoe, tractor, plough, etc. that support their routines
Household tools purified during Tumpek Landep day
Celebration Centre
The rituals are normally focused in the family temples of Pande (the metal tool makers or smiths). In Bali, originally, Pande is a family group who usually create metal tools such as keris, knife, etc; however, some of the family have now changed their jobs as government officers, private employees, hotel staff, cruise ship crews and so on.
The Pande temple located in the central of Singaraja for instance, always host a rite every Tumpek Landep day. The temple is usually decorated
