The cave was built on the edge of the river known as the r Pangkung River, where irrigation mixed with Petanu River. Mixing of the two rivers were considered to have magic. On the basis of this concept of the Elephant Cave (Goa Gajah) deliberately made between two rivers.
There are almost like rock mountain forms the entrance to this cave. It is designed and carved in relief with a stick like a grove, near the leaves, animals such as wild boar, and the tortoise. Mouth of the cave is decorated with bas-relief with his eyes turned right around, or the west side. there are also writing letters of this type of Kediri starting from the early 11th century and were written on the left wall or the east side. There is a swimming pool (Patirthaan) as a place to take the holy water for ceremonies Tirtha of Hinduism which is located in the middle of the page of the cave. Swimming pool previously mixed with the soil and have been found in 1954 by the Department of Antiquities Krijgsman is equipped with a fountain sculpture arranged parallel in the two groups.
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