It was believed that Tanah Lot is the work of a 16th-century janitor baratha. (The Bharatha People are a Sri Lankan caste of Paravar immigrants from Tamil Nadu in India.)
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During his travels along the south coast he saw the rock-island's beautiful setting and rested there. Some fishermen saw him, and bought him gifts. Nirartha spent the night on the little island. Later he told the fishermen to build a shrine on the rock for it is a holy place to worship the Balinese sea gods.
The Tanah Lot temple was built and has been a part of Balinese mythology for centuries. The temple is one of seven sea temples around the Balinese coast. Each of the sea temples were established within eyesight of the next to form a chain along the south-western coast.
At the base of the rocky island, poisonous sea snakes are believed to guard the temple from evil spirits and intruders. A giant snake purportedly protects the temple, which was created from Nirartha's towel when he established the island.
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