Candi Pringapus

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Pringapus temple was built in 772 C or 850 AD according to an inscription found around the temple when a restoration was held in 1932. This temple is a replica of Mahameru, the name of a mountain where the gods lived. This is evidenced by the presence of antefix ornaments and Hapsara-hapsari reliefs depicting demigods.
 Pringapus Temple is a temple that uses the layout of Central Java. The visible pattern is the existence of the main temple which is faced by ancillary temples. In the case of this Pringapus Temple, the reconstructed temple (facing east) is a perwara temple, in which there is a nandi statue. Meanwhile, around the temple there are many stones part of other buildings in the temple complex.Pringapus Temple is a Hindu Siwaistis sect. This can be seen from the existence of Hindu statues that are closely related to Lord Shiva.
 On the other side there is a statue of Durga Mahesasuramardhini. Durga is one of the manifestations of Uma as a beautiful goddess with various kinds of god-given weapons. As Durga, Uma according to legend succeeded in defeating a magical giant in the form of a buffalo that disturbed the Brahmins. In this complex there is also a yoni, one of the manifestations of Uma (Shiva's wife) which serves as the base for the Shiva statue or its manifestation (usually in the form of a phallus). The union of lingga and yoni is a symbol of the creation of the universe as well as a symbol of fertility.
 As a witness of the greatness of the past history, another interesting thing about Pringapus Temple is the hiasa Kala chin as is generally the East Java type Kala.
 During the holiday, this temple is visited by many school children, domestic tourists and also foreign countries such as America, the Netherlands and Belgium.