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Goa Gajah
Goa Gajah
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Bali
Outdoor Architecture

XIst century

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Area related : Bali

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The Goa Gajah, that literally means Elephant Cave, close to Bedulu in Peliatan from the 11th century. It is a cave shaped in the form of the letter "T".
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The Goa Gajah was a monastery for the Buddhist and Hindu monks in the ancient times. The monks used to meditate in these caves.
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The entrance exhibits depiction of animals, entangling leaves, waves of the ocean and rocks. The monstrous Kala head or the human shaped head depicts as if it split opens the rock with its hands at its entrance. The interiors of the cave are decorated with shrines. An elephant statue also stands inside the Goa Gajah cave.

The complex also features two stone bathing pools fed by water spouts held by six female figures of nymphs or goddesses. A clamber that lies below the rocks and rice terraces, fifty meters behind the cave leads to scatters and fragmentation of a fallen cliff face with two Buddha statues of the ancient times.
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