CANDI DOROK

Dorok temple found in Dorok Hamlet, Manggis Village, Puncu District - Kediri Regency, made of brick, like generally temples in East Java. Because it has been buried long enough and has not done the renovation resulted in the stone composing this temple looks white like the color of the soil that is around and many overgrown with moss on the bottom. The building of this temple is located under the surface of the ground as deep as 3 meters. Dorok temple was discovered by a farmer accidentally while trying to plant the seedlings of Melinjo trees in the yard of his house. While digging the ground, the hoe he used about the pile of bricks that, when excavated further, widened and formed a rectangular plane. Further excavations by the archaeological service found that the pile of bricks is part of the temple body which also means that the top part of Dorok temple is no longer present. One fragment of reliefs in this temple so that the existing land around the temple in the excavate to form a rectangular field and provided a ladder made of land that jutted into and can be used by visitors to see closer the base of the temple. At the top of the temple has built a roof of zinc to prevent the occurrence of damage due to heat and rain. No statues can be found by visitors to this temple. The existing reliefs are also severely damaged, making it difficult to know the motive. A small statue that is at the top of the temple when I try to ask the guard site, not a part of the temple, but from another location. There is no more detailed explanation of the origin or history associated with the establishment of this temple, but based on the temple-forming material is estimated this temple originated from the 10th century