Jawar Ombo Temple, Which Is Still A Mystery
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The Jawar Ombo temple, first discovered by local residents in 1983, was still buried in the ground. Until now the Jawar Ombo temple is still full of mysteries because there are not many historical studies revealed from it.
As an ancient relic, the temple of Jawar Ombo has a high aesthetic value. The temple which faces towards Mount Semeru, has a square shaped base measuring 6x6 meters and 60 centimeters high.
The temple floor has four stone pillars which are holes in the middle. Judging from its shape, this is estimated as the place where the wooden pillars with thatched roofs or palm fiber are located.
Jawar Ombo temple's legs are semicircular and rectangular seams. The sides of the temple are decorated with lotus reliefs, pilasters and treads.
The side of the temple building is decorated with five lotuses, four treads and ten pilater which are placed alternately.
Carved human figures were found on the side of this building. The carved reliefs look like puppets, and resemble the carved style of the Majapahit temple reliefs.
The temple entrance is a stone statue that holds a mace, which is thought to be Dwarapala. Bearing in mind, mace is the most distinctive feature of the Dwarapala statue.
Dwarapala statue is a statue that generally exists in every temple. Because, Dwarapala is a gate or door guard statue in Shiva and Buddhist teachings. The naming of Dwarapala itself is taken from Sanskrit which means the guardian of the door or the gatekeeper.
Jawar Ombo Temple is located in Kaliputih hamlet, Muliosari village, Ampel Gading sub-district, Malang district.
If departing from the city of Malang, visitors must travel a distance of about 32 kilometers.
