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Singosari Temple

Singosari Temple is another Hindu temple in East Java located in Candirenggo village, Malang. The temple was discovered early in the 18th century as the temple tower of the Dutch. By given its name because of its shapes resembling towers. It also has been given the name Celah temple by European archaeologists. It was by referring to the four walls of the gap found in the temple’s body. According to W. Van Schmid, someone who visited this temple in 1856 and gave the temple name a dome. Eventually, they used the name Singosari temple, but some locals refer to the temple because it is located in Candirenggo village.

The building of the Singosari temple has two levels. The Temple room should be in the body of the temple, but at Singosari temple is on the foot part. The chamber was initially to have statues inside, like Durga Mahisasuramardhini, on the east side, contains a statue of Ganesha, and on the south statue master known as the priest of Agastya. However, now only the Agastya statue is available, while the others brought it to Leiden, Netherlands. The reason why the Agastya statue is still in there is because it was damaged condition severely enough. So, it was not worthy of a gift to the Queen of the Netherlands the last time.