Underground Temple in Bali

Villagers Penatih, Denpasar, found the basic structure of the building in the form of ancient underground temple. This temple is found on the home page, I Putu Gede Kirawan Candra. "After I dug as deep as two meters, on the east side there was a stone. Having excavated and demolished the greater the number, then I report to the Archaeological Center," said I Gede Putu Chandra Kirawan homeowner in the Village Penatih, District of East Denpasar, which find ancient temple building, as quoted by Reuters on Tuesday (23/10). Chandra said that about a month ago he wanted to make a tub of water absorption in the east yard of his house. But now it is nevertheless done in light of the discovery of the structure of the temple. Lead researcher of the Institute of Archaeology Denpasar Wayan Suantika along with 11 excavated at the site known as Penatih site. According to him, in terms of discoveries, the basic structure of the building was a temple that is thought to have existed since the 14th century AD as the building style and materials of the rock reinforcement used by the people at that time. Wayan rate, the findings in the form of rocks shaped beam padas is a rare finding and the first time found in Bali considering the size of the base of the temple is made ​​of rocks large. "The findings include special because it is made of large stone measuring 40x40 centimeters padas with a length of between 100 and 120 centimeters. Till now in Bali has never been found of the temple are made of material like that," he said. Earlier after receiving a report from the owner of the land, the Institute of Archaeology then check and make findings on Sunday (14/10) and then just do the excavation on Thursday (18/10). Currently on the location of the discovery on the east side has reached up to 11 meters, and the basic structure of the temple was found in the yard up north home Candra Kirawan. "Hopefully that continues rediscovered structure. Further hope we will be able to find the corner of the building so that it can be predicted how wide the building of this temple," he said. Parties Archaeological Institute plans to conduct research and digging to find another building until 27 October.