The temple is located in the region Tidar Clown, the city of Malang. Can be reached by public transport Tidar majors. The temple is expected to more than 1400 years old and is a relic believed to Gajayana King, ruler of the kingdom Kanjuruhan as embodied in the inscription Dinoyo 760 years AD.
Clown said here comes from the Sanskrit "Bha-dyut" which means the highlight Stars Highlight Canopus or Agastya. It was seen on the main room of the temple that contains a pair of statues are not real in the form of Shiva and Parvati phallus and yoni. On the outer walls there are niches containing statues Mahakal and Nadiswara. In the northern niche contained a statue of Durga Mahesasuramardhini. East niche there is a statue of Ganesha. And there is the South next to the Shiva statue of Agastya as Grand Master. But among all the statues were only statues of Durga Mahesasuramardhini were left.
This temple was discovered in 1921 in which its form at that time only a mound of rocks, rubble and soil. The first person to proclaim the existence of Temple Clown is Maureen Brecher, a controller of the Dutch who work in Malang. Clown temple was rebuilt in 1925-1927 under the supervision of B. De Haan of the Netherlands East Indies Antiquities Bureau. From the results of excavations conducted at the time it is known that the temple has collapsed completely, except for the foot which can still be seen arrangement.
Archaeological relics around Malang is the sacred remains of buildings which have the nature of Buddhist and Hindu (Shiva), in accordance with the religious affiliation of those days. The buildings are called the temple base that serves as a place of worship (temples). Artefacts that are around Malang, among other Jago Temple, Sumberawan, Clown, Songgoriti, Singosari and Kidal. One of the holy building is the Temple will we present the Clown, which is a temple but especially in East Java, Central Java indicate the nature of the temple as in the legs are flat and not given the decoration and the chamber door berpenampil.
The temple is located in the village Karangbesuki Clown, Dau district, Malang regency, East Java province, 10 kilometers from the city of Malang. To get to the site must follow the path to the Stone arrived at Dinoyo, then turned southward to Karangbesuki continue to the west and after passing the time came to Metro Village Clown. Clown village southwest of the building situated on a plateau approximately 500 meters above sea level. Plateau surrounded by mountains like Gunung Kawi in the south, Mount Arjuna in the west, Mount Tengger in the north and the east is Mount Semeru. While Temple is situated at the foot of Mount Clown Kawi.
Viewed in terms of science and in terms of building architecture is a transitional style of Central Java to East Java. The possibility is also an evidence of transfer center of the kingdom to the east. In this connection, scholars tend to link news Holing empire eastward displacement of about tahun740 AD. Then mean that the king of the dynasty sanjaya withdrew to the east because of urgency by Sailendra dynasty. Area in question is around Malang.
Clown temple built in the eighth century AD, is a relic from the reign of the kingdom, based in Dinoyo Kanjuruhan (northwest of Malang). The period of new building is connected with the inscription Dinoyo 760 AD (Saka 682). Made of stone inscription bearing the letters Kawi, Sanskrit language and states that the eighth century AD, there is a kingdom centered in Kanjuruhan. Now called the Village Kejuron) under the reign of page Top Simha god a man named Limwa. Limwa have a daughter. Uttejana who was married to Jananeya. Limwa succeeded his father and changed its name to Gajayana. At that Gajayana government established Temple Clown. It also said that the new building on 1 Kresnapaksa month Margasirsa Saka year 682 (28 November 760 AD) to the following Agastya statue of black stone is very beautiful. Arca was ordained by priests who understand the book of the Vedas along with the hermit sthapaka and people. On this occasion the king bestows a piece of land, cattle and buffalo, slave men and women as carers, as well as all purposes for the purposes of worship pastor, purification and building a resort of visitors.
It added about a phallus is sacred. Inside the temple there is no Agastya but a phallus which is considered as a symbol Inscription Dinoyo now housed in the Museum of Central Jakarta with the number D.113.
Clown temple discovered by chance in 1923 by a supervisor from Malang EW Maurenbrechter, in the middle of rice fields. At the time that it was just the rock debris and soil. Above and beyond to grow some banyan trees. In 1925-1926 the temple is restored for the first time until the first level of the roof just because the other stones are not found.
Clown is the first temple complex surrounded by a fence wall, now lost. Location of the temple buildings are not in the center page of the temple. This temple is made of andesite stone. Diagram with the size of 15x15 square meters. The entrance is on the west. At the entrance to the temple room decorated Kalamakara. Clown Temple horizontally divided into three parts: legs, body and roof.
The legs
In general, the temple consists of perbingkaian feet under, body and perbingkaian kai top but Clowns foot temple has only a bottom frame and body of the foot. The frame consists of pelipi below average, while the foot of the temple of the body composition of bricks flat, smooth and has no decoration at all. At the front of the temple there is a stairway up to the temple room. Before entering the temple room are traveling with pradaka sinaptha hall.
Body parts
Body fat because of the shape of the temple is greater than height. Pntu chamber berpenampil (poritico), which recalls the style of art building in Central Java. In the south there are stairs Kinara-Kinari.
On three sides there are the recesses and in it there is a statue of Durga (niche north), teacher or Agastya (south niche), whereas in the eastern niche statue has been lost, but usually with a statue of Ganesha. Relng-niche berkambikan (framed) kara makara arch is usually located in Central Java. On the left side-right side entrance there is a small recesses with the viewer contains Mahakala and Nandiswara. The fields in addition to the recesses were filled with ornate floral patterns. In the temple there is phallus and yoni. At the restoration in 1925 found pripih among the temple ruins of the outer wall of the back.
Eaves
The roof of the temple has been damaged. According to the reconstruction that was published in 1929 OV looked the roof of the temple consists of two levels similar to the body of the temple but increasingly over the smaller and covered with a top gem. Decoration found on the roof of antefix.
In front of the main temple there are three former base of a small temple known as the Chapel. It is estimated that altogether form the main temple. The temple is aligned north south and facing east. Chapel in the middle with a statue of Nandi, the south there is a linga yoni, while in the north is unknown. The composition consisting of three smaller temples and face to prove that the Temple Clown is one of the oldest temples in East Java.
With the statue of Durga, Agastya and the Temple Clown yoni phallus is a religious temples Hindu.Candi Clown has been completed (full) pugar in 1993 by the Ministry of Education and Culture. After restoration is complete and repair roads leading to the enshrinement complex can be reached by vehicles, then the complex is worthy of a tourist attraction.
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