The temple tikus

The temple tukus was located in the hamlet of Dinuk Desa Temon, Kecamatan Trowulan, Kabupaten Mojokerto, East Java. This temple measuring 29,5X28,25 metre and high the whole 5,2 metre. The name of the mouse temple was taken from the history of his discovery that at that point the first time was found there was found by plenty of mice, and this mouse plague attacked village agriculture around it. The first time being found during 1914 afterwards just was carried out by restoration in the year 1983-1986.According to several sources mentioned that the Tikus Temple was the replica or the Mahameru symbol. This temple was acknowledged as the Tikus Temple because when being found was his nesting place the mouse that preyed on rice petani in the middle of Candi Tikus was gotten the miniature of four small temples that it was considered symbolised the Mahameru Mountain where the residing gods and the source of all the lives that were realised in the form of water flowed from pancuran-pancuran/jaladwara that was met all along foot the temple. This water was regarded as holy water amrta, that is the source of all the lives.Building architecture symbolised the holiness of the Mahameru Mountain as his residing place of the gods. According to the Hindu belief, Gunung Mahameru was the place of the source of Elixir Of Life water or life water, that was believed had the magical strength and could give welfare, from the water myth that flowed in the Tikus Temple it was considered originated in the Mahameru Mountain. The pagoda mountain was the holy mountain that was regarded as the centre of the universe that had a base kosmogoni that is the belief would have to the existence of a compatibility between the world of the world (the microcosm) and the universe (the macro-cosmos).
According to Hindu conception, the universe consisted of a central continent that was named Jambudwipa that was surrounded by seven oceans and seven mainlands and all of them was restricted by a high mountains. So Very Possibly Candi Tikus was one petirtaan that disucikan by the adherent Hindu and Buddha, but also as the organiser of the water debit in the Majapahit time.
The Tikus temple was a legacy temple of the Majapahit Kingdom that was located in the Trowulan complex, Kabupaten Mojokerto, of East Java. The Tikus temple was one of the sites of main archeology in Trowulan. The Candi Tikus building took the form of the ritual place bathed (petirtaan) in the central complex of the Majapahit government. The building especially consists of two levels. The site of this temple was dug up during 1914 on the orders of Mojokerto Regent Kromodjojo Adinegoro. Because often was encountered by the mouse in around his ruins, this site afterwards was named the Tikus Temple. The Tikus temple was just restored in the year 1985-1989.The Tikus temple was it was estimated built in the 13th age or the 14th age. This temple was connected with Mpu Prapanca information in the Negarakertagama book, that there is the place to bathe the king and certain ceremonies who were carried out in his ponds.Since being found the first time during 1914, afterwards to was carried out by restoration around 1983 - 1986, the Mouse temple administratively was located in the Dinuk hamlet, Desa Temon, Kecamatan Trowulan, Kabupaten Mojokerto, East Java, often invited attention of the experts in the old history and archeology to determine the meaning and the function from the building, both from the aspect of arsitektural and was inspected from the aspect of religious. [navigasi.net] the Culture - the Tikus Tangga Temple descended that located in the north increasingly affirmed that this temple was indeed built was supervised the surface of the land. It seems, the name of the Tikus Temple was given by the reason when being carried out by the demolition during 1914, by Mojokerto Regent R.A.A Kromojoyo Adinegoro, around the temple had become the mouse nest, and this mouse plague attacked the village around it, after being carried out by the pursuit of the herd of the mouse always entered the pile of the land, that after being taken apart was found a building was made from the red bricks material and the plan persegi four with the measurement 29,5 m. x 28,25 m..Quoted from the article book of Drs I.G. BAGUS L Arnawa, definitely was not known when this Mouse temple was established because of not having the source of the history that reported about the founding of this temple. In the Nagarakertagama book that was written by Prapanca in the year 1365 M. (that was acknowledged by the experts as a source of the quite complete history contained about the Majapahit kingdom, especially in the government's period of the king Hayam Wuruk), was not named about the existence of this temple. Nevertheless, this was not significant that a series of research that was aimed in order to searches and decisive during the construction of this Mouse temple then manjadi could not be carried out. At least, was based on the study arsitektural, was received the picture of the difference in the matter of the use of the temple raw material, that is red bricks.The existence of the difference of the use of red bricks (both the difference of the quality and his quantity), gave the indication about the development stage of the Mouse temple. From results of the research that was carried out by the archaeologists, was proven that measuring red bricks bigger aged older compared with measuring red bricks smaller. Therefore, could be said that while the period stood and the functioning, the Mouse temple had experienced two development stages. The development of the first stage was carried out by utilising measuring red bricks bigger as his raw material, whereas the development of the second stage was carried out by utilising measuring red bricks smaller.It is another matter with the opinion that dikemukankan by N.J. Krom through his "supernatural power" book that was entitled Inleiding tot de Hindoe Javaansche Kunst Ii (the Escort Art of Hindu Java). By paying attention to the material and the style of art from the water channel, the expert in the history of Javanese art old of nationality the Netherlands assumed that there is two development stages of the Mouse temple. The first stage, his water channel was made from red bricks and showed his form that was awkward. Whereas the stage of his two water channels was made from the stone andesit and showed his form that was more dynamic as well as was made in the golden Majapahit period. This was also significant that according to Chrome, the Mouse temple stood before the Majapahit kingdom reached his golden peak, that is in the government's Hayam Wuruk period (1350 - 1380).

In the meantime, when being carried out by restoration in the year 1984/1985, succeeded in being opened the south-east side of the building of the Mouse temple. Foot the building that was received on the side this, menunjukan the difference of the measurement of red bricks that were utilised as his raw material. This increasingly reinforced the assumption concerning two development stages of this temple. Foot the first stage building that was compiled from measuring red bricks big, apparently was closed by foot the second stage building that was compiled from measuring red bricks smaller. When definitely the development of this first and second stage was carried out, not yet really clear.

The existence of the ladder that descended on the north, gave the impression that this building of the Mouse temple was quite deliberate was made be supervised the surface of the land. The ladder descended on the side north that, at the same time being the guidance that the building had the direction appear before to the north. Two ponds have the shape of persegi four measuring 3.5 x, 2 m. with the depth 1,5 m., pressed the ladder entered. Respectively this pond was supplemented with three fountains that had the shape of the flower padma (the water lily) and was made from the stone material andesit. To the south side of the terrace was supervised was gotten a building berdenah persegi four with the measurement 7,65 m. x 7,65 m.. This building was regarded as the main building from the Mouse temple that was supplemented with 17 fountains that had the shape of the flower padma and makara. To this parent building, was gotten a tower and was surrounded by 8 measuring towers smaller.The tower composition like that attracted attention of a Dutchman who was named A.J. Bernet Kempers that connected him with religion conception. In his book that was entitled Ancient Indonesia Art, he that often performed a service in opening the influence period of the Hindu religion - Buddha in Indonesia through the study of temples that said that the Mouse temple was the replica from the Pagoda mountain.The pagoda mountain was the holy mountain that was regarded as the centre of the universe that had a base kosmogoni that is the belief would have to the existence of a compatibility between the world of the world (the microcosm) and the universe (the macro-cosmos). According to Hindu conception, the universe consisted of a central continent that was named Jambudwipa that was surrounded by seven oceans and seven mainlands and all of them was restricted by a high mountains. So Very Possibly Candi Tikus was one petirtaan that disucikan by the adherent Hindu and Buddha, but also as the organiser of the water debit in the Majapahit time.Apart from functioning as the organiser of the water debit in the city, his location that outside the city gave the impression that before entering the city, water must disucikan before in the Mouse temple. In this case, if the form of the building of the Mouse temple was regarded as the manifestation of the Pagoda mountain, then each kind of water that left this parent building was believed as holy water (amerta). It is not surprising, when afterwards water that left the Mouse temple also was believed had the magical strength to fill hope of the people so that results of their agriculture several fold and was avoided from the damaging difficulties