Goa Gajah (“ Elephant cave”)
Goa Gajah sacral and unique places in Ubud.
Ubud is one interesting place in Bali which is located amongst rice paddies and steep ravines in the island’s central foothills in the Gianyar regency sees map. This tow is the centers of arts and culture and it has developed a large tourism industry. Ubud has many unique and interesting places where we can visit. One of interesting and unique places in ubud is Goa Gajah in English language elephant cave, this place is very famous place in ubud because this places has a great histories for Ubud peoples and believe as a sacral places.
Goa gajah is located in ubud lies between Peliatan and Bedulu only 26 kilometer from denpasar. This is probably the oldest excavated relic of ancient Balinese art, epigraphs found this site date Goa Gajah(“ Elephant cave”) with certainty back to the 11th century, it about the time of king Airlangga’s regin in East Java. In the pass this site was knowing with local people of ubud but to day this site all ready know by the tourist from all over the world.
The histories of Goa Gajah.
The name of Goa Gajah is a curious name. Where there is no elephant habitat in Bali so why these caves call Goa Gajah? Even thought there are many motif elephant on the cave. The old Javanese Lontar-leaf chronicle, the Negarakertagama (written in A.D 1365) mentions that a high Buddhist official keep a hermitage at Lwa gajah (“Elephant river”).
This most likely refers to the Petanu River, which runs near the cave through a deep goerge. Perhaps the popular name Elephant originated with early visitor who named the cave after the river other theories that the Goa Gajah is made by the great architects namely Kebo Iwa which carving by his own nail.
The interior.
this interior wall is carving with elephant relic where the entrance of this hewn-rock cave, which opens to the south, is two meters high and one meter wide. The dark, musty interior is T –shaped. In the cave’s westernmost wing is one-meter-high, four-armed statue of elephant-god Ganesha holding an axe and broken tusk, symbols of his warlike nature, and a drinking vassel and beads, symbols of his wisdom.
So if you are in ubud area while having a great holiday why don’t you came and visited Goa Gajah or Elephant cave. There are many places to stay in ubud area from small motel until villas. About villas our company Pam Bali offering you many luxury villas in Bali near by the Goa Gajah cave if you want any choice please visit our website at www.pambali.com, www.balivilla.it, and www.balivilla.fr,
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