The lake is located at the foot of Mount Lesung in Munduk administrative village, Banjar district, Buleleng Regency, Bali, Indonesia.

The lake and the surrounding settlements is designated as a spiritual tourism area protected from modern development by the government.

AD 900 copper inscription as a settlement located on the southern shore of Tamblingan Lake.

The four villages shared the similar spiritual belief, that is to maintain the sanctity of the lake Tamblingan.

The principle temple Pura Dalem Tamblingan, located on the eastern shore of the lake, was first mentioned in the 10th-century, as recorded by a copper inscriptions found in Gobleg.

Dalem temples are traditionally erected at the southern (kelod) end of a Balinese village.