Gunung Padang-Beyond Imaginations: The Mountain Of Light

Gunung Padang is a megalithic site located in Karyamukti village, Cianjur regency, West Java Province of Indonesia, 50 km southwest of the city of Cianjur or 6 kilometers from Lampegan station. It is the largest megalithic site in all of Southeastern Asia. The existence of the site was mentioned in Rapporten van de Oudheidkundige Dienst (ROD, “Report of the Department of Antiquities“) in 1914. The Dutch historian N. J. Krom also mentioned it in 1949. Employees of the National Archeology Research Cent