candi arco gupolo

The Gupolo Arca site is a collection of 7 Hindu-style statues located near Ijo Temple and Barong Temple, in the Sambirejo village area, Prambanan sub-district, Yogyakarta.Gupolo is the nickname of the locals against the statue of Agastya found on the site area. Usually, gupala is a designation for giant statues of doorkeepers. Although this two-meter-tall Agastya statue is not very clear, the trident weapon as the symbol of the Lord Shiva is still clearly visible. Some other statues, most of them are statues of Hindu gods in a sitting position.Near the statue of Gupolo there are clear springs in the form of wells used by local residents to fetch water, and although in the long dry season this well has never dried up. According to local folk legend, Gupolo is the name of the patih (king) of Raja Ratu Boko-- which is enshrined as the name of the temple of Ratu Boko - (father of the goddess Rara Jonggrang in the legend of the Prambanan temple). Patih Gupolo entered and buried the sakti figure of Bandung Bondowoso in the Jalatunda well, for killing King Ratu Boko. But because of his supernatural powers, Bandung Bondowoso was able to rise again, even wanting to marry the beautiful beautiful goddess Rara Jonggrang. This wish from Bandung Bondowoso did not come true, because a request from the goddess Rara Jonggrang to make 1,000 temples in one night could not be fulfilled (there was still less than one temple at dawn). At the end of the story, Bandung Bondowoso condemned the goddess Rara Jonggrang to become a stone statue / temple that was still less than one (being one of the temples in the Prambanan temple complex), as an outlet for his anger because he could not marry Rara Jonggrang.

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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.

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Candi Jiwa

jiwa Temple is located in Batujaya temple complex, precisely in Batujaya and Pakisjaya Districts, Karawang, West Java. Where the Soul Temple is one of the Buddhist relics temples which are even predicted to be older than the Borobudur Temple in Magelang. Besides Candi Jiwa, one of the old Buddhist temples in Indonesia is the History of Sewu Temple in Klaten, Central Java. Besides the Soul Temple in this Complex, there are also 46 points of temples scattered in the Batujaya temple area. And, there is also the possibility of increasing again, because there are still discoveries of new sites around the Batujaya temple complex. Because there are still some temples that are thought to be buried in the ground. Called Batujaya I or the soul temple has a quite mystical history. From the information of residents who inhabit the area near the temple of Jiwa, that formerly the land or mound of land that covered the temple was passed by a goat. And the goat dies for no apparent reason. From there the surrounding community considers the place to have a "soul", because not only once, the goat that passes through the unur dies for no apparent reason.From other sources said that, the word soul comes from "Shiva" which is one of the gods of Hindu religion. This is based on the influence of the Sundanese accent which affects the mention of the name Shiva from time to time so that it becomes the name of the soul. However, this is quite questionable because of some discoveries that purge that this Soul temple is more of a Buddhist temple. Not many sources state the origin of the establishment of the Soul Temple. There are several discoveries found in this Batujaya temple complex. The discovery was in the form of tablets / stone slabs carved with Buddhist reliefs, several types of ceramics, a terracotta inscription that contained Buddhist spells, and many more. This shows that this building is one of the Buddhist heritage buildings. And this is reinforced again by the architect of this temple shaped like a lotus flower which is thought to have a Buddhist stupa on it.From a radiometric analysis of carbon 14 on artifacts that have been found in the Batujaya Bathing Complex, the temples in this complex were made in the 2nd to 12th centuries, including the Jiwa temple. This was indicated by several discoveries of inscriptions and, Chinese ceramics, votive tablets, and stucco statues found in the Batujaya temple complex having absolute china dating and also the palographic writing of inscriptions found. From several sources above the Soul Temple is estimated to be built during the Tarumanegara Kingdom

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These 5 Indonesian Historical Historical Objects Are Now In The Dormitory

1. First Statue of Ken Dedes
Ken Dedes is an important figure for the history of this nation. Because, without him, there will be no great kings who lead the kingdoms which then from here gradually formed Indonesia. Because of her figure is so important, then Ken Dedes relics are also very high urgency to be found. And the achievement was successfully done in 1818,In that year a Dutchman managed to find a statue of Ken Dedes in East Java. But unfortunately, the colonial government brought this statue to his country and then become one of the pride collections of one of the museums in the city of Leiden. Efforts to repatriate this has been tried many times the Indonesian government. Until finally in 1978 the Dutch agreed to return this important object

2. Dozens of Essential and Historic Inscriptions
Yes, many important inscriptions were apparently drawn by the Dutch to his country. Noted, now is some fruit that sits sweet into the museum displays there. For example Prasati Sangsang and Wujakana in the Museum Tropen, Guntur Inscription in Rotterdam, and about 6 more in the Leiden Museum. All of these inscriptions are important to us. Unfortunately, the Dutch government seems unwilling to return these historic objects, the existence of inscriptions is important. From there we can trace the footsteps of history with more detail and clear. Many pieces of historical story that was revealed wide only from the translated inscription. Actually, in Indonesia it is spread very many inscriptions. The amount is more than we know in history lessons first

3. Keris and King's Weapons
The weapons above belonged to the great men of old. Call Keris Singo Barong who allegedly belongs to the magnificent kingdom of Mataram. Unfortunately, again this is a collection of one of the museums in the Netherlands. We who should be the owner can only see it from these photos

4.Ancient Missing Keraton Kasunanan Surakarta Manuscript
 About two years ago, the Solo city government said it wanted the Dutch to return some important relics of the Surakarta Kasunanan Kingdom. One of them is an important manuscript whose contents are the traces of the ancestors. It is not yet clear how the returns are. But certainly, the ancient manuscript is indeed inhabited one of the museums in the Netherlands. Not only that, there is one important item Keraton Surakarta which he said also brought by the Dutch. This object is an ancient car owned by the king who is said to be the first car in Indonesia.

5.Statues of Ganesha and Anusapati
Both of these objects we can see in a museum in the city of Leiden, the Netherlands. As much as possible these two historic objects can also be taken again like a statue of Ken Dedes. As long as there is still no visible effort from our government to take it back. But, although forced, it seems unlikely that the waterwheel country returns it. Because these two historical objects become one of the prima donna there.
These are just a few of the many historic objects we have in the Netherlands. Actually, not only in the Netherlands alone, there are many historic trinkets of Indonesia are scattered in several European countries, such as Germany. In fact not only there, America was also also save some important objects belong to Indonesia

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CANDI PLUMBANGAN

Plumbangan Temple is a temple located in Plumbangan Village, Doko District, Blitar Regency, East Java. The shape of this temple building is a gate paduraksa with a cube-shaped peak. The gate is made of andesite stone, with a length of 4.09 m, width of 2.27 m and a height of 5.6 m. The gate has a wing on its right and has no relief, but it has only a seam of course. At the top of the threshold there is a sculpture number 1312 Saka (1390 AD), this temple was first reported by Hoepermans during a visit to Wlingi. At first he thought that the structure of this gate is the ruins of the temple. When de Haan visited Plumbangan Temple in 1920, the building had collapsed, then in 1921 was held restoration. It seems not excessive if Plumbangan Temple is called as a gateway over time. Indeed, the objects of cultural heritage in this region come from different periods of time. Visiting Plumbangan Temple, we seemed to be transported by time dimension, from the present era to Majapahit era even to Kadhiri era. From the moment this village has been named Plumbangan until now still called by the name Panumbangan. And the gate makes this image feel real, Plumbangan gate faces east-west, with 'wings' as wide as about 2 m stretching north and south. Unlike the legs at Wringin Lawang Arch and Gapura Bajang Ratu high enough, the foot Gumbura Plumbangan only as high as about 0.5 m, with 2 steps on both sides. The thickness of the gate was only about 0.5 m. There is no sculpture of any decoration on this arch, either on the inside walls or outside walls. The roof is meru-shaped with a rectangular peak.About 6 m from the gate to the southeast, there is an inscription called Plumbangan Inscription. This inscription has been made of placemat from cement and given a tin roof. It is not known whether the original location was in place. The inscribed inscriptions on the inscription are very thin, barely legible. Not obtained information about the contents of the inscription.

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bathing place of the kings in pasuruan

Formerly in the days of ancient kingdoms in the archipelago, kings and royals had a special bathing place. The place was found excavation team from Disbudpar Pasuruan, in Sendang Village, Manikrejo Village, District Rejoso, Pasuruan.One of the site excavation team named Bastian Andi Aveno, revealed, if ancient petirtaan is certainly a relic of the Hindu era. Because seen from the materials and red brick structures found in locations commonly used in those days. Nevertheless, to ensure that the drilling team did sampling and documentation to be sent to BPCB Trowulan.The ancient petirtaan by the local people is called "Sendang Beji". Previously in this location, some residents have found a number of metal coins and some broken pottery. But at that time the local government has not responded to the discovery. So that ancient petirtaan abandoned just like that.Bastian further explains, if the telisik of the brick structure that has only one level, then most likely this petirtan is the place of the Brahma or nobility.Moreover, from the invention of metal coins greater than that of metal coins in general, it reinforces that the petirtaan is the place of the king's bath and the royal aristocracy. Because, usually, the coins are only owned by kings and royals of the kingdom.

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two residents found ancient coins in gombolirang

 The discovery of ancient objects re-occur. This time a farmer who lived in RT 2 RW 2 Sumberan Village, White Tiger Village, Kabat District, Mastur, 40, discovered hundreds of ancient coins in a field not far from his home.When found, the metal condition on the coin is rusty. The hollow coins in the middle and inscribed Chinese characters are on the ground.To this newspaper, this father of two children claimed to have accidentally found a coin while in the field. At that time some coins were visible poking on the ground. "I do not dig, it's visible," he explained.He revealed, previously similar events he had experienced about 10 years ago. At that time, the coins were stored in jars. However, this sat the item is not there because people are taken. Currently, the coins he has been secured by the police. He hopes that the police will keep the goods safe. And, if it has a value he hopes to get a share.Besides himself, other residents are also known to have similar items. Namely Warudin, a resident of Dusun Sempu, Village Gombolirang District Kabat. "In my brother there too," he said.Meanwhile, on the discovery and type of coin found, one member of the Banyuwangi Archive Expert Team, Bonavita Budi Wijayanto explains, that when viewed at a glance from its shape, it is estimated that the coins originated from the Song Dynasty era 10-12 AD or Ming Dynasty in the range the time of the 13th-17th century AD. The ancient coins were widely circulated on the island of Java and is generally used as a means of exchange by local communities in the royal period in Blambangan. "The coins are widely owned and used as a medium of exchange in the time of the kingdom. On the coins that contain Chinese writing that mentions the exchange rate, "he explained.Although his age is fairly old, but because of its existence is very much found, then the money is not rare. "It's old age, but because the amount is very much and still often found," he explained.Meanwhile, Kapolsek Kabat

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