Heavy Rain Damages Temple Building and Fells Four Trees in Ubud
Heavy rain that has been lashing the Gianyar region for the past few days has caused damage to a temple building and the collapse of four trees in the Ubud sub-district. The incident occurred on Monday (23/2) evening.
One of the main gates of the Kahyangan Dalem Kauh temple was damaged by rainwater erosion at around 9:00 PM.
“It happened last night at 9:00 PM,” said a resident of Saba village, Blahbatuh sub-district, Wayan Sutampo, when met by detikBali in front of the Kahyangan Dalem Kauh temple, Tuesday (24/2/2026).
Sutampo said that residents saw that part of the main gate was damaged. The incident was then reported to the police and local temple officials.
After an inspection, it was found that the soil and brick layers on the gate structure had deteriorated due to the heavy rain over the past few days. As a result, the top part of the gate structure collapsed.
“Because the soil mixture in the gate was wet and exposed to rain continuously, it finally collapsed,” said Sutampo.
The Head of Public Relations of the Gianyar Police, Ipda Gusti Ngurah Suardita, said that there were no casualties in the incident. Police officers went to the location to carry out an inspection and provide security.
“We went to the crime scene at 10:00 AM to carry out an inspection and coordinate with the temple custodians, priests, and local traditional village officials,” said Suardita.
According to Suardita, the temple has been secured since Monday night until Tuesday morning. The material losses due to the damage to the main gate are estimated at Rp 100 million.
“There were no casualties. Material losses are estimated at Rp 100 million,” he said.
Based on detikBali’s observation at the location, piles of rubble were still visible on the front side of the gate building. In addition to the main gate, no other temple buildings were affected by the heavy rain.
The atmosphere inside the temple also looked deserted. There were no residents praying at the location. Suardita said that the cleanup of the remaining building debris would continue tomorrow with the help of local residents.
In addition to damaging the temple building, the heavy rain also caused four trees to fall in the Ubud sub-district.
Information from the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) Denpasar states that the fallen trees occurred in Mas village, Tulikup village, Sumita village, and Sukawati village.
There were no casualties in the incident. The four fallen trees have now been cleared.
Previously, a retaining wall at the Kelembu temple, part of the Taman Pule temple complex, on Jalan Tegal Tajun, Mas village, Ubud sub-district, Gianyar Regency, collapsed due to a landslide. The incident damaged three buildings within the temple area, with total losses estimated at Rp 600 million.
From east to west of the temple area, the three buildings that were hit by the retaining wall were a building for ceremonies and offerings, a bale gong (a place to store gamelan instruments), and a building to store offerings.
The building for ceremonies suffered the most damage. However, there were no casualties in the incident. At the time of the incident, there were no worshippers at the Kelembu temple.
(dpw/dpw)