Elephant Cave
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Elephant Cave located on the west side of the village Bedulu, Blahbatuh
Gianyar. Goa Gajah name which was written by the masters in the palm
PrapancaKertanegara State in 1365. This cave-shaped letter “T” with a statue of
Ganesha is considered the god of science and thought to date from the XI
century.
Goa gajah is
built on the edge of cliff, the meeting between small rivers where the water
then flows into the river Patanu. So that the flow of these two rivers is
called “Campuhan” and is seen to have magical value, the hermitage was built.
Reliefs carved on the front wall of Goa Gajah is a sculpture that resembles a
mountainous landscape with a variety of trees and animals indicates that
hermitage in the mountains with forests obit with a variety of animals, this is
the name as in the Hermitage Kunjarakunja in South India.
Goa Gajah
Temple antiquity owned can be seen from the Archaeological Heritage. In the
courtyard of the Pura Goa Gajah Kuna are petirtaan 12 x 23 m2,
divided into three chambers. North room there are three statues in the shower
and walk-in shower area South there anyway, while the middle of the chamber
there are only a neat statue. Around the cave there is also a pool with seven
statues Widyadarapetirtaan-Widyadari who was holding the holy water. It is said
that the seven showers this as an important symbol of the seven rivers and
highly regarded in India as well as trust land Balinese Hindus. Varioushistorical
evidenced in the cave and the Elephant is still maintained to this day, proving
the seriousness of the government and its citizens to keep the preservation of
the cultural heritage of their ancestors.
Cave complex
and baths are on the west of the region Patanu. While in the east can be found
the natural cave and types of Buddha statues and sculptures stone cliffs, has
largely fallen on the edge of the river, due to the occurrence of the earthquake.
Visit this
historic site, visitors must climb a few dozen stairs.
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