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Gapura Bajang Ratu

Keywords : Gopura, Majapahit dynasty, Trowullan

Site common nameTrowullan
Type of artworkArchitecture
VillageTrowullan
Province/CityModjokerto
StateEast Java
CountryIndonesia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : -7.567747
Long : 112.3987644

History of productionTrowulan 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
ArtGapura Bajang Ratu is of the most beautiful gateways in Majapahit period. Constructed in Brick which is the most popular material for construction at Trowulan, the style of the gateway is of the typical Eastern Javanese architecture. The door is decorated with the ferocious Kāla face gesturing the threatening gesture. The superstructure of the gateway is similar to the tower at Panataran, comprising the double bands punctuated by the cloister of 5 miniature towers. The contour is beautifully rendered in curvilinear shape. The tradition of constructing the gateway infornt of the temple complex in Eastern Javanese art anticipates the popularization of the same tradition in later Balinese art.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodEastern Javanese Art, Majapahit dynasty
Age14th-15th 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