Showing posts with label peninggalan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peninggalan. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Penataran Temple Complex

Is the larges temples complex in East Java. The step by step temple development took about 257 years. The complex is vast and well maintained. The temple building is still relatively intact that is “The Dated Temple”. You can see the inscribed constructions year in Caka year 1291or 1369 AD above the entrance. Every year on 2 August, the stage a classical ballet performance “Pesona Bumi Penataran” (the Enchanting Penataran Land) at the Penataran Recreation Park.

Monday, March 25, 2013

Sumberawan Stupa

6 km to the northwest of Singosari temple is situated on the slopes of Mt. Arjuna. The stupa walls are decorated with reliefs of the temples in East Java dating from the XIV century period.

Kidal temple

Located in Tumpang subdistrict, 28 km to the east of Malang is a place where the burial ashes of King Anusapati (the 2nd King of Singosari) are kept. The temple is decorated with the background story of Mahabharata.

Jago temple

Lying in the subdistrict of Tumpang, 22 km to the east of Malang, is a temple where the burial ashes of King wisnuwardhana (the 4th King of Singosari) are kept.

Singosari Temple

Many temples to visit are scattered across Malang. Singosari temple is located in Candirejo village, Singosari subdistrict, about 11 km to the north of Malang city. It was built by Kartanegara the last King of Singosari, coincided with Sradha ceremony taking place in the year 1300 AD. Not far from temple you can find two 3.7-meter-tall gigantic statues of Dwarapala.