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Top:/Destinations/Bali/Regencies/Denpasar/Places to visit/Sanur/The Blanjong Inscription
 Located in Banjar Blanjong, Sanur in the southwest of Hotel Sanur Beach. Behind of the Blanjong Temple is one of Bali's most significant archeological sites is maintained. That is The Prasasti Blanjong, an historical encient artifact. Its form is like a stone victory pillar. This artifact was founded by the Buddhist king Sri Kesari Warmadewa in A.D 914.
Refounded in 1932 by Dr. Gorris, a Ducth scholar, the inscription of the artifact tells us about the military expedition against eastern Indonesia, the time in which Balinese once obtained their slaves.
Dr. Gorris himself believed that the prasasti --- as well as the remains of prehistoric sanctuaries founded along this coastal strip --- proved an Indian colony settled the coast over 1,000 years ago. The volcanic stone's smooth 177-cm-high, 75-cm-diameter cylindrical body is crowned with a carved lotus cushion. Except at the top, most of the writing is indecipherable.
The Blanjong inscription written in two kinds of letters, i.e. the Pre-Negari letters that used Ancient Balinese language and the Old Javanese letters that used Sanskrit language. There were some statues found in Blanjong area.
The Ganesha Statue placed in a shrine located inside the Blanjong temples complex, about 15 m northwest of the inscription. The Ganesha is one of Gods in Hindu teaching. Ganesha that formed in a four hands god with elephant face is the son of Shiva who gives prosperity to all humankind. The Ganesha statue found in Blanjong area was made of stone. The statue stands on a narrow little building that twisted by a banyan tree’s roots growing in the temple.
There was also a manifestation statue found in this area, in which it now kept in the Bali Museum in Denpasar (code: A.ab.1718) The stone statue figures a Goddess standing with the oval-shaped face, wearing a multistoried crown, earrings and necklace. The two hands of the statue hold a flower in front of her stomach. There is a kind of blaze figure on the back side of the statue’s head. The statue sized 15 x 15 x 7 cm. The statue estimated came from the XIII-XIV cen tury period, while the name of the goddess figured by the statue cannot be identified.
A terracotta statue also found in Blanjong area and now kept in the Bali Museum (code:3793). The statue made of burnt soil with the size of 15 x 15 x 4 cm. The paraphernalia of the statue’s crown similar to the paraphernalia used by figure in shadow puppets. The left hand of the statue holds the clothes
There are also the animals statues placed in a shrine in Blanjong temple. The statues were made of stone, but the heads of the statue had gone. It was estimated that the statues figure two holy white cows in the face downward position, in which their front legs folded backward, while their back legs folded forward.
The total length of the first statue is 52 cm, front width 27 cm, back width 23 cm, and the height is 32 cm, while the other statue length 51 cm, front width 188 cm, back width 2 cm. Beside those statues, there were also 2 back of statues, a fragment of statue’s legs, a ‘lingga’ (phallus in Hindu temples) and some other artifacts
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