Kunung Kawi

Site common name	Kunung Kawi
Type of artwork	Architecture
Village	-
Province/City	Gianyar
State	Bali
Country	Indonesia
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : -7.9549905 Long : 112.465

History of production	As the dynasty of King Airlangga, the dynasty of East Javanese period, had its origin at Bali, Bali is much more ancient than the 15th century. The temples at Gunung Kawi are stylistically assignable to Eastern Javanese art, corresponding to the period mention above.
Art	Candi Gunung Kawi is the series of nine rock-cut temples on the cliff adjacent to the river, considered to be the best example of the rock-cut temple in Bali. Furthermore, these temples are the good examples of the traces of Eastern Javanese Art in Bali. As the roofs are decorated with series of miniature temples which are normally absent in Balinese towers, the towers at Gunung Kawi are datable to Eastern Javanese Art. The location of these temples, by the river, also sanctifies the river.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Eastern Javanese Art
Age	11th-15th century
Religion	Brahmanism-Hinduism
Sect	Devaraja Cult
Religion and belief	Hinduism and Devaraja Cult. These towers were consecrated as the representations of the mortal kings and queens. These temples therefore the posthumous abode of the royals. According to the Devarāja cult, the ceremony of Śrāddha, or the ceremony dedicated to the dead ancestors, was very popular during Eastern Javanese period.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-02-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali