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Candi Jawi

Keywords : Candi, Singosari Dynasty

Site common nameCandi Jawi
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityCandi Jawi
StateEast Java
CountryIndonesia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : -7.6626483
Long : 112.6698616

History of productionSimilar to Candi Singosari, Candi Jawi was constructed as the mausoleum for embedding the mortal remains of King Kritnagar of Singosari Dynasty. The temple locates on the slope of hill, opposite Mount Penangungan, the sacred mountain during the Eastern Javanese period.
ArtThe temple comprises the body with the small sanctum as being typlcal to the Eastern Javanese art. The body of the temple is decorated with the door, the ferocious Kāla face and the band in the middle of the wall, typical to the period. The superstructure, designed in the typical style, composes of the series of superimposing bands providing the steep contours. This kind of superstructure closely resembles to the Balinese superstructure called Meru. Each corner of the bands of the superstructure is decorated with triangular shaped endings in the form of animal, anticipating Balinese convention of architectural articulation.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodEastern Javanese Art, Singosari Dynasty
Age13th Century A.D.
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism
SectShaivite

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali