Gua Gajah (Elephant Cave), located on the west side of Bedulu rural. Blah Batuh sub-district and Gianyar regency. About 27 kilometers from Denpasar town. This cave at the the crevasse edge of the creek, is called Pangkung River irrigation mixed with the Petanu river from Federal.
The federal district of the two rivers is called the Campuhan / mixture. Gua Gajah (Elephant Cave) is intentionally built in a 2 rivers.The word the Gua Gajah also expected from LWA Gajah, name, based on the monk of the magical energy Rwabineda it has the concept / basic concepts of the different things Buddhist monasteries or seclusion.
Gua Gajah containing the name written in papyrus Negara kertagama which is compiled by the 1365 meters on the MPU Prapanca LWA or Lwah / LOH refers to the river, which reflects the seclusion in the built-in built in the river or air mean. Inscriptions in this year 944 Saka, it is mentioned in the name of "SER Central air Gajah, built in the air means Subak leader of the word has already been mentioned, Regent ‧ Hermitage LWA built the also a relief, almost as a mountain in the form, in the entrance of the cave. carved many designed on the relief like grove with the stick, close leaf, animal, such as forest pigs, turtles and is located in the the Subak air tooth specter of the mouth of the cave bas-relief decoration around the eyes right or west side.
Article letter of Kediri type from the early 11th century, writing in the left or east side of the wall as a sacred Hindu ceremony in the middle the cave courtyard Di Erta water, one pool (Patirthaan). holy pool before the accumulation of land, it has been found in 1954 by Krijgsman from ancient at St. pool equipped with statues are arranged in parallel in the two groups. Since, was appointed as a tourist destination rinse
Gua Gajah built many tourists visit every day because of its location on the main road of Ubud - Kintamani Kintamani volcano Tours in Bali island famous land tour usually tours of tourist destinations. Well done public facilities, such as toilets, parking and souvenir shop
