The temple is situated in the village Upgrading Upgrading, sub Nglegok, Blitar regency, East Java, Indonesia. Its location at the foot of Mount Kelud, making the temple area Upgrading air cool. Upgrading temple is the largest temple complex and the most well preserved in the province of East Java, Indonesia.
The temple is the temple Upgrading rich with various shades of reliefs, statues, and a Hindu-style structures. The existence of Kala sculpture (a giant grin), statues Ganesya (god of science in Hindu mythology), statues Dwarapala (giant statue guards the gate), as well as relief of Ramayana is conclusive evidence that upgrading Temple is a Hindu temple.
Inscription Palah contained in the temple area Penataran reported that this temple was built around the year 1194, during the reign of the king who ruled the kingdom of Kadiri Syrenggra, and finished in the kingdom of Majapahit. Thus this temple through the three great kingdoms that Archipelago Kadiri, Singasari, and Majapahit. Upgrading temple holds an important role for these kingdoms, namely the removal of the king's place and a place for worship ceremony to the Creator.
Various studies by historians to ancient texts, the book written Negarakertagama Prapanca MPU, for example, explained that the temple Upgrading is highly respected by the kings and the royal officials in East Java. Upgrading temple never store ashes of the king Rajasa (Ken Arok) Singasari royal founder, and also the ashes of the king Kertarajasa Jayawardhana (Raden Wijaya) the founder of the kingdom of Majapahit. Even supposedly, according to local folk legend, the sacred oath Gajah Mada Mahapatih to unite the whole archipelago under the Majapahit rule, known as the "Palapa Oath", spoken in the temple Upgrading.
Location: Upgrading Ds, KEC Nglegok, Kab Blitar, Prop East Java, Indonesia
GPS Coordinates: 8 ° 00'59 .06 "S 112 ° 12'34 .90" E
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