Maharani Cave, Lamongan, East Java, Indonesia

Maharani Cave, is located in Tanjung Kodok sea tourism area, Paciran district Lamongan regency, about 200 m from Tanjung Kodok gateway fringe the roadway to east. About 50 m in the south of the street, there is stone that its soil is tire to form the bank that has downwards. Here, some labourers had mine the coral soil, phosphate material and dolomite fertilizer that had sold out of Paciran region. On this area, is a countryside road, which is the footpath, and every day passed by non irrigated dry field farmers, the stone mineworker workers, also once in a while is crowded passed the boy scouts who performing a camp around the area.

This Maharani Cave found by 4 labourers who being led by Mr. Sugeng. This cave had found on 6 Augusts 1992. The name of this cave had selected by the situation of the beautiful cave like a palace from a beautiful queen. Before the invention, one of the members, had dream, she had met with a beautiful woman who had a beautiful as the property of a queen that called Maharani. The queen seems to be a head time door of the cave that had found. The name of this empress has specified by the fact of this cave condition. In platform of the cave named Paseban Maharani, there is stone which has crown form, the property of a queen, which named “Selo Mahkota Maharani”. This beautiful cave room also alike an empire palace of subterranean that is full of graven pillar and roof.

The situation of the nature cave of Maharani Palace is stay at 200 m from Java seashore residing in Tanjung Kodok area, Paciran district, Lamongan regency. This cave is easily to visit and fluent to obtain the transportation towards to the location.

Stalaktit and stalagmite in the cave-like throne Maharaja, flora and fauna, and emit light like a very beautiful diamond quality Baiduri. Stalaktit and stalagmite are called Lingga Pratala (vital tool like men), Yoni Pratiwi (vital tool women), Cempaka Tirta (kanthil interest), Coral lizard king (like dinosaurs), Selo Gajah (elephant-like head), Rose flower, tree Beringin and various other forms of a very unique and beautiful.
In the middle of the cave is that of holy water in a well-shaped mouth of the dragon. Water can be used to cure various diseases, such as insanity.
Perhaps the story, that every month suro Friday Kliwon the Wali Songo a meeting in the cave in the dragon’s mouth.

The beauty of the cave Maharani Palace can be equated with the Altamira cave in Spain. Cave Mamonth in the United States and France in the Carlsbad caves.