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Candi Tikus
Keywords : Candi, Majapahit dynasty, Candi Tikus, Trowullan
| Site common name | Trowullan |
|---|---|
| Type of artwork | Architecture |
| Village | Trowullan |
| Province/City | Modjokerto |
| State | East Java |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : -7.5499822 Long : 112.3819837 |
| History of production | Trowulan was the capital of Majapahit dynasty. There are a number of monuments in this city, including Candi Tikus(the sacred pond) and several gateways. These monuments are always in brick, different from normal stone temple of the Eastern Javanese period |
|---|---|
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | Eastern Javanese Art, Majapahit dynasty |
| Age | 14th-15th Century A.D. |
| Religion | Brahmanism-Hinduism |
| Sect | Shaivite |
| Religion and belief | Candi Tikus is conceived as the sacred pond, meant for the holy ablution accordance with the Hindu belief. The miniature towers in the middle of the tank seem to symbolize the five-spired Mt. Meru, the sacred mountain in Hinduism. This miniature tower is the symbol of the purification of the water in the tank. |
| Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
|---|---|
| Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
| Date of record creation | 2015-02-00 |
| Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |
