Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Jawi Temples


Pasuruan is a district in East Java province, Indonesia. In this area there is a relic of history (the past) in the form of temples, namely Candi Jawi. This temple is located precisely at the Village Temple Wates, Prigen District, Pasuruan, East Java. In order to reach these locations (from the city of Surabaya) to use public transport services in the form of Surabaya-Malang majoring bus, then get off at kilometer 45 (city district Pandaan) and continued with another vehicle (Tretes majors) with a distance of approximately 1 mile past the Park Candace Wilwatikta .. Unlike other temples which usually have changed the name according to places, things, or taste that gives a name (eg: Prambanan, Burbrah, Bima and others), Jawi Temple is one of the few temples whose name virtually unchanged, although there Also changes in speech. In Negarakertagama this temple is called Java-Java or Jajawi. 




  Historical
Jawi Temple was built around the 13th century this was the place where most of the ashes of King Kertanegara (last King Singosari) who died in 1292 AD Some other ash stored at Temple Singosari. At the time of Majapahit, Jawi Temple was visited by King Hayam Wuruk (Rajasanagara) during a trip to East Java and Central Java in the third year of his reign (1275 C/1353 F). Travel King Hayam Wuruk is accompanied by the entire royal family (Sapta Bhatara Prabhu), ministers, religious leaders and representatives of community groups. Nagarakertagama mention that the king Hayam Wuruk travel with his entourage aims mainly to appreciate the circumstances that lead people, not unlike a sort of "Sidak" (spot checks) are usually done by the officials present. Apart from being a surprise inspection and the pilgrimage, some are saying that the trip Hayam Wuruk dharma it is one that must be lived, which means magic, namely for the unification and unity (unity), the territory of his kingdom.
Travel entourage king Hayam Wuruk stop in several places in his territory, like Lasem (year 1354 AD), Lodaya (1357 AD), Palah (1361 AD), Lwang, Balitar, Jime and Simping. In the course of it, Hayam Wuruk also had to mobilize the people to fix some of the crossings in the Solo and Brantas River, Kali Konto dam repair, fix and once nyekar Sumberjati temple or pilgrimage to the tomb of his grandfather (Raden Wijaya), restored the Jabung Temple (1353 AD), beautify the temple worship in Panggih Tribhuwanattunggadewi, adding chapel in Palah (Panataran-Blitar, 1369 M) and a pendapa for the benefit persajian (1375 AD), completing two temples in Kediri (Temple Surawana and Tigawangi), and finally in 1371 established Rice Temple near Porong-East Java, whose shape resembles the enshrinement in Champa. 


  According Nagarakrtagama, temples full of cultural values on candrasengkala or year Archery Day of Fire (1253 C/1331 M) had been damaged by being struck by lightning. Apart from building the temple, there is one statue that were damaged are statues Supreme Aksobaya. This makes King Hayam Wuruk very sad, so one year later (1332 AD) he mobilized the people to fix it again. However, like other temples in Java, Jawi Temple is just beginning to be considered again at the beginning of the 20th century, after the building is to be in ruins and so many elements are missing.
Restoration
Candi Jawi new redeveloped in 1938 because the condition was broken. Restoration that is said to have qualified technocrats was done by Oudheidkundige archaeological Dienst with another rebuilding of the temple legs, stripping the page of the temple and laying out some parts of the temple in the form of the experiment. However, the restoration was halted in 1941 because most of the stone has been lost.
New restoration effort begins again at Pelita II (1975/1976) conducted by the Directorate. Linbinjarah, Directorate General of Culture, MOEC with Drs. Tjokrosudjono (Head of Preservation of History and Archaeology of East Java) as the head of the field. In this third restoration, thanks to the flair of a worker named Mbah Karto Plewek of Prambanan, the stones are missing can be found again sebingga restoration can proceed to completion in 1980. Two years later (1982), Jawi Temple was inaugurated by the government and serve as the building of cultural heritage and historical attractions as well.
Building Data
Jawi Temple was built on a high shelf or base and surrounded by a courtyard and pool. Outside the pool there are still remnants of the page that linked to the gate. But the form page, gates and other buildings including a fence around it is not clear anymore because it collapsed, lost or overwritten other buildings on it.
Jawi Temple stood on a rectangular area that article is made of black stone and white stone, measuring 14.24 x9 wide, 55 meters with a height of 24.50 meters. Like other temples, this temple consists of three parts: legs, body and roof. At the foot of the temple are carved reliefs which until now has not known the exact meaning, namely reliefs depicting female figures and accompanist (clown-servants), building houses and temples, and with a wide panorama of trees. In front of the stairs rise curtain of the temple are the remaining buildings are of a rectangular cross section located at the front door facing direction slightly oblique to the north east, back to Mount Penanggungan. The position of this door by some experts is used as an excuse to reinforce that Jawi Temple is not a place of worship or Circumambulating, because the temples to worship usually facing toward the mountain, where a palace the gods.

 












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