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Penataran

Coordinates:8°0′58″S112°12′33″E/ 8.01611°S 112.20917°E/-8.01611; 112.20917
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Candi Penataran
Penataran Temple
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General information
LocationBlitar Regency,East Java,Indonesia
Coordinates8°0′58″S112°12′33″E/ 8.01611°S 112.20917°E/-8.01611; 112.20917
Construction started12th–15th century

PenataranorPanataran(Indonesian:Candi Penataran) is one of the largestHindu templeruins complexes inEast Java,Indonesia.[1]It is located in Penataran,Blitar Regency,roughly 12 km northeast ofBlitar,with the closest airport being farther away atMalang.Believed to have been constructed between the 12th century to the 15th century, the temple played a significant role in theMajapahit Kingdom,especially under KingHayam Wuruk.[1][2]He considered it his favorite sanctuary.[3]: 241 Penataran dates from theKediriera.

Candi Panataran is aShiva(Siwa) temple. It is notable for including one of the largest Indonesian collections ofreliefsshowing the life stories of the Hindu godVishnuin differentavatar.In particular, the temple site includes theRamastory in the Javanese version of the epicRamayana,as wellKrishnastory as depicted Triguna'sKrishnayanaepic poem.[4][5][3]: 158 Comparative studies of reliefs related to Hindu epics at Penataran andPrambanantemple (Yogyakarta) complexes have attracted the attention of archaeologists.[6]

World Heritage status

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This site was added to theUNESCOWorld HeritageTentative List on October 19, 1995, in the Cultural category. This temple was identified inNagarakretagamaasPalahtemple and reported being visited by KingHayam Wurukduring his royal tour across East Java. The site is being considered to be put on theWorld Heritagelist of sites that have "outstanding universal value" to the world.[7]However, in 2015, the site was pulled out from the tentative list along with 11 other sites.

See also

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References

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  1. ^abLydia Kieven (2013).Following the Cap-Figure in Majapahit Temple Reliefs: A New Look at the Religious Function of East Javanese Temples, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries.BRILL. pp. 161–175.ISBN978-90-04-25865-5.
  2. ^"Penataran Temple - One of Majapahit Inheritance in Blitar".East Java.Retrieved6 May2012.
  3. ^abCœdès, George(1968).The Indianized states of Southeast Asia.University of Hawaii Press.ISBN9780824803681.
  4. ^Jan Fontein (1973),The Abduction of Sitā: Notes on a Stone Relief from Eastern Java,Boston Museum Bulletin, Vol. 71, No. 363 (1973), pp. 21-35
  5. ^James R. Brandon (2009).Theatre in Southeast Asia.Harvard University Press. pp. 15–27.ISBN978-0-674-02874-6.
  6. ^Willem Frederik Stutterheim (1989).Rāma-legends and Rāma-reliefs in Indonesia.Abhinav Publications. pp. 109–111, 161–172.ISBN978-81-7017-251-2.
  7. ^"Penataran Hindu Temple Complex".UNESCO.Retrieved6 May2012.