Ubud Story

Ubud, when we tell the story of Ubud, we can't forget to mention the Campuhan river. The foreign artist, such as Antonio Blanco, Rudolf Bonnet and Arie Smith, for instance, were so inspired by this river , that it's one of the main reasons for them making Ubud their home.According to the lontar, which are dried, pressed and blessed palm leaves, tied together to make a small vertical book  on which the ancient Hindu teachings are written ).

 Ubud area was "founded" by Rsi Markandya, the Hindu Priest from java, who was making spiritual journey to Bali. When he arrived at a jungle area ( which now has became known as Ubud ), he felt an aura of holiness in this area. So he settled up in this place.

" Markandya Purana ", one of the Hindu mythological books, said that the word Ubud words comes from wos, the name of a river in the area. This river has a meeting point with another river next to Pura Gunung Lebah, in Champuan village. The root word of wos is usadi or usada, which means obat or Ubad to have a healing power since many sick people get well after they bathe in this river.
Nowadays, the word ubad is pronounced as Ubud to name the area.