miri gambar temple

Miri Gambar Temple is a building that is thought to be a relic of the early Majapahit era or even earlier.  The location is in Miri Gambar Village, Sumbergempol, Tulungagung, next to a field. Miri Gambar Temple is estimated to have been built at the end of the 12th century until the end of the 14th century, according to the relief figures carved on this temple, namely 1214 Saka and 1310 Saka.  This temple was discussed by NJKrom at the meeting of the Inleiding Tot de Hindoe-Javaansche Kunst in 1923. In a book [reference needed] in the 3rd volume there is a photo showing the condition of the temple in the early 20th century, which at that time was mentioned as  Image Temple.  In the photo, the condition of the back of the temple looks destroyed while the south side of the temple appears to have three relief panels.  Both panels still look very good, but the top corner of the center panel is slightly damaged. The structure of the temple is made of red stone.  On the walls of the temple there are relief sculptures.  There are many reliefs carved on the walls of the temple.  This temple faces west with a rectangular floor plan with three levels.  The view of the temple juts out, and there are 7 levels of stairs.  The temple still shows its beauty even though one side of the temple is destroyed.  The relief panels found in Miri Gambar Temple used to be 11 fields.  However, unfortunately the relief panels were destroyed.  But there is still one relief panel that remains and its condition can still be said to be good.  The relief panels are on the front wall of the first terrace in the form of four people.  The four figures include a man in a tekes hat, two women in the middle, and a man who is fat and has his hair curled on top of his head.  [1] The panel on the front side of the first terrace of Miri Gambar Temple tells the story of Panji, but it is not known from which play.

 In addition to the depiction of human figures, the second terrace also depicts the reliefs of animals on the third panel which are still in quite good condition.  At the corner of the meeting point between the foot wall of the temple and the cheek of the stairs, there is a pilaster-shaped sculpture.  The pilaster protrudes beyond the wall of the first terrace.  On the north and south sides there are reliefs of a tall and burly man with the appearance of curly hair in a bun on top of his head, wearing an open cloth, and wearing a bracelet.  On the back and around his body are depicted several carved motifs in the form of tendrils, clouds, rocks, and leaves, as if depicting a dense forest.

 The two ends of the cheeks of the temple stairs are not in the form of curls like temples during the Majapahit era, but are in the form of a sitting lion and its two front legs are standing. 

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kotes temple

Kotes Temple is a temple complex located in Kotes Village, Gandusari District, Blitar Regency, East Java.Kotes Temple is also commonly known as Papoh Temple.  Kotes Temple was first restored by the Antiquities Service (Oudheidkundige Dienst) in 1921.[1]  The Kotes Temple complex consists of two buildings called Kotes Temple I and Kotes Temple II.  Kotes temple is Hindu-Saiwa religious which can be seen from the statues found.  Taking into account the number of years attached to the temple's stone, it is estimated that Kotes Temple originated from the early days of the Majapahit Kingdom.  At the temples on the slopes of the mountain, there are three main altars or two altars and a replica of the temple which is located on a terraced building attached to the slopes of the temple mountain.Kotes I Temple has a length of 360 cm, a width of 224 cm, a height of 142 cm, and the structure of the temple building is only the foot of the temple which is rectangular.  The temple building faces west and on the northeast side of the temple there is a carving of the number 1223 Saka (1301 AD).  At the foot of the temple there are two altars and a miniature temple.  This miniature temple has three parts, namely the roof of the temple, the body of the temple and the foot of the temple.  On the body of the temple there is a gate facing west and above the door there is an ornament in the form of kala, while on the north, east and south sides of the temple body there are pseudo niches on which there is also a kala decoration.  The roof of the temple is in the form of a cube filled with antefic carvings and decorations. There are three batur/plys in the temple courtyard which are lined to the back and facing west.  The first Batur is located at the front, the stairs are on the west side with the cheeks of the stairs being right-angled.  to the right of the stairs there is an altar in the form of a table.  Above Batur there are two altars and a miniature temple.  the second and third batur have no altar but there are several pedestals.  On the cheeks of the first and second there is an inscription in the form of the number of the year 1223 Saka (1301 AD).  Several statues, namely the statues of Ganesha, Durga Mahadewa, Guru (Agastya), and Nandi which were once found in the temple are now no longer in place.

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