Goa Gajah was just found during 1923. Although Lwa Gajah and Bedahulu, that now to Goa Gajah and Bedahulu, was named in the Nagarakertagama book was written in the year 1365 M. in year 1954, were found again the pond petirtaan in front of Goa that afterwards was followed with restoration and the re-fitting areas pancuran that originally was located in front of Goa in the situation was incomplete. The antiquity of the Temple Goa Gajah could be divided into two parts.

Location of Goa Gajah (Elephant Cave Temple)
The temple Goa Gajah in the local inhabitants more was known by the name of the Goa Temple, located on the side west the Bedahulu village, Kecamatan Blahbatuh, Kabupaten Daerah of the Level Ii Gianyar, approximately 27 Km from Denpasar. A visit could be to this Temple carried out easily, because of his location only several metre under the highway headed the Tampaksiring village. Actually this Temple was built in embah the Petanu river, with the beautiful nature panorama, coconut palms and a small river was mixed with the Petanu River beneath it.

Facilities
The temple Goa Gajah as the legacy of the history and purbakala that was important, except was in the good great side of the road, also had adequate supporting facilities. On the west of the temple was gotten by Restaurant Petanu (Petanu, Food and Beverage) and from here the visitor could witness nature on the side north him with the waterfall, although being not too big. Was not far from restaurant this, to the west was gotten by several shops souvenir that was good. In the great side of the road (on the Temple Goa Gajah), was built a telecommunications Stall for communication that was needed. In the parking lot, was gotten also drink stalls and souvenir as well as toilet for the public, whereas on the south of the Temple (by the asceticism hole) was built a rest house to take shelter, with toilet, a small pond and a small garden. By that, currently was built by one wantilan, on the end of the ladder descended to the page of the temple, for the need of the community and the visitor. Rather to the west from Wantilan this, over shady trees was gotten by one toilet. On the south of the parking lot, was gotten two restaurant.

Visiting
While enjoying the serving in restaurant, the visitor could gaze at to the south or down (to the east of the Temple), enjoyed beautiful nature was accompanied by the refreshing wind hiss. Today, the Temple Goa Gajah was more often visited by the tourists, both from the Indonesian and foreign countries.

Description
The northern part consisted of one nature cave that was carved had the shape of the "T" letter. In cave this was gotten a Ganesa statue, that was regarded as the God of Science, fragments of the statue and one trilangga that was surrounded by eight lingga very small. In the cave wall part, was gotten asceticism holes and the Goa face part, except for being decorated with the sculpture that depicted a jungle with his contents, also was supplemented with a head of time used earplugs.

In the Goa wall was gotten also the sounding short "Kumon" inscription and "sahywangsa", that according to the type of his letter it was suspected came from the age 11 of M. at western of cave, in a building were gotten a sit statue, Ganesa and the Men Brayut statue that inside mitologi the Buddhist religion was known as Hariti, children's rescuer.

In front of cave, except the guard's statue, was gotten also fragments of the building that was not known by the origin proposed, like fragments of the building that now is not gathered in the page of the temple on the west of the pond petirtaan. Fountain statues that now functions again in the pond petirtaan that was shared to three parts, according to his style it was suspected came from the age 11 of M. unfortunatelly the fountain statue that was located in the pond was most middle, is not yet found to now. On the right of Goa, indeed was gotten a Ganesa fountain statue, but evidently did not agree with this most middle pond .

As for the part that was second from the Temple Goa Gajah was the next part South-east. Here was gotten two Buddhist statues, that one without the head and one still still is good enough with the Central Javan style. On the north of this statue, still appeared to be adhering in stone that is the part foot of the temple tebing that his upper part has for a long time fallen into the small river. In this small river was gotten by branching stupa relief of three, temple ruins tebing with beautiful sculptures. On the west of this small river was gotten an asceticism hole.

based on the above archaeological findings, could be known, that the Temple Goa Gajah came from the age 9 and 11 of M. a long time ago functioned as the place of asceticism of Bhiksu Buddha and Rev Siwa. This antiquity also showed the unification of the Buddhist religious teaching and Siwa took place well.

Across the highway on the Temple Goa Gajah was met a temple that was acknowledged as the Jempinis temple that in ritual piety was still having relations very close with the Temple Goa Gajah. Here also was gotten several old statues and the fragment - the fragment of the building.