Tawur Agung Kasanga Ceremony

Hindu devotees performed the Tawur Agung Kasanga ceremony across multiple provinces on 18 March 2026, one day ahead of Nyepi, the Hindu New Year celebration of Saka 1948. Thousands of devotees from Yogyakarta, Central Java, and surrounding regions participated in rituals including circumambulation (puradaksina) around Prambanan Temple in Sleman, where they walked around the ancient structure as part of the observance.

In Kediri Regency, East Java, Hindu devotees prepared ritual offerings (sesaji) as part of the ceremonial purification of nature. The ritual, conducted throughout the Kediri region, centres on cleansing and eliminating negative qualities to prepare for Nyepi.

In Denpasar, Bali, religious leaders presided over the Tawur Agung Kasanga ceremony at the Four-Faced Statue (Patung Catur Muka) monument. The ceremony held one day before Nyepi serves to neutralise negative energy and maintain equilibrium and harmony between the natural world and humanity.

The Tawur Agung Kasanga is a significant spiritual practice in the Hindu tradition, performed annually to purify the environment and prepare the community for Nyepi, a day devoted to silence, fasting, and meditation.