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Singhasari temple
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Singhasari temple or Candi Singhasari is a

13th-century syncretic Hindu-Buddhist temple located
in Singosari district, Malang Regency, East Java in
Indonesia.

Contents
1 Location
2 History
3 Gallery
Singhasari Temple
4 See also
5 References

Location
The temple is located on Jalan Kertanegara,
Candirenggo village, Singosari district, about 10
kilometres north from Malang city, on the valley
between two mountain ranges, the Tengger-Bromo in
the east and Arjuno-Welirang in the west, with elevation
512 metres above sea level. The temple orientation is
facing northwest towards Mount Arjuno. It is linked to
the historical Singhasari kingdom of East Java, as the Floorplan (ca. 1901)
site around the temple is believed to be the center of
Javanese court of Singhasari.

History
The temple was mentioned in Javanese poem Nagarakretagama canto 37:7 and 38:3 and also in Gajah Mada
inscription dated 1351 and discovered in the temple's yard. According to these sources, the temple is the
funerary temple of King Kertanagara (ruled 1268 1292), the last king of the Singhasari dynasty, whose
assassinated in 1292 by Jayakatwang of Gelang-gelang and finally led to the establishment of Majapahit
rule.

The temple's unfinished state can be examined from the incomplete kala head that is seen over its lower
entrance. The temple faces northwest. Its lower level is Shaiva, but the temple has a second cella on the
upper level, that was a Buddhist dedication.[1] Alternate spellings: Kertanagara for Kertanegara, and
Singosari for Singhasari.

Significant features of the temple include:[2]

A pair of colossal Dvarapalas giant monolith statue as the guardian of Singhasari royal cemeteries
A well-carved Kala on the west upper face
A large original statue of Shiva as Batara Guru (or, perhaps, Shiva as Agastya) in the lower southern
cella.

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Gallery

Shiva as Batara Guru or Rsi Kala's head above the portal One of a pair of dvarapalas
Agastya, Singhasari of Singhasari temple

See also
Prajnaparamita of Java

References
1. Gavin Pattison (2000). Blue Guide: Bali, Java, and Lambok. A&C Black, London, and WW Norton, NY. p. 80.
2. "Candi Singosari". Retrieved 8 November 2014.

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