Cetho Temple, Majapahit Kingdom Heritage

Cetho Temple was built around the 15th century, at the end of the Majapahit Kingdom, headed by King Brawijaya V. Relief of Cetho Temple buildings constructed in the form of cascading with 9 terraces there is arch on each terrace. In the first terrace is the first page of the temple, you can see the sights around the Cetho Temple Complex. The second terrace, you will find remains of Kyai Ageng Krincing Wesi which is a character from the Cetho Village. In the third terrace, you will find the Phallus Statue symbol of Shiva in the form of genital shaped with a length of 78 inch. On the fourth terrace, you will find many reliefs, entering the fifth and sixth terrace you will find many place which used for religious ceremonies. In the seventh terrace, there a Sabdopalon Statue and Nayagenggong Statue, a belief which is King Brawijaya advisor. In the eighth terrace you will findPhallus Kuntobimo Statue, Brawijaya Statue also you can see here, that representing “Exemplary and Virtuous King“. The last terrace is a great place to prayer, having an area of approximately 1,5 meters. Much you can learn about the heritage of Majapahit Kingdom in Cetho Temple.

Cetho Temple

Cetho Temple (Javanese language: Cethå) is a Patterned Hinduism Temple. Located in the Gumeng Hamlet, Cetho Village, Jenawi Subdistrict, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java, precisely on the Slopes of Lawu Mountain . Cetho Temple is located at an altitude 1.400 meters above sea level, tourism history overlaid with cool air typical of the mountains. Road access to the location of the temple is already paved, but narrow and meandering bit or curve, but your inconvenience in travel would be paid off if you have arrived in theCetho Temple. The natural landscape is still awake be a harmonization of views in this temple. You will get to experience the history while enjoying the beauty slopes of Mount Lawu. Until recently, the Cetho Temple Complex is used by locals as a place of Hinduism Worship and popular as a place of meditation for the Java native religion (Javanese Language : Kejawen).

Cetho Temple Heritage

At the top of the building there is a temple which in the past used as a clean or purify themselves before performing the ceremony rituals. Located near the building of the Cetho Temple, with a little down the slopes situated along a steep, it also found a complex of buildings of the temple which is called by local people as theKethek Temple (Javanese Means Monkey Temple).

The first scientific report of Cetho Temple created by Van De Vlies in 1842. A.J. Bernet Kempers has also been conducting research on this temple. Excavations for the purpose of the reconstruction is done first in 1928 byDutch East Indies Archeological Department. Based on the situation when its ruins begin researched, this temple has an age that does away with the Sukuh Temple that is located not far from the temple, which is in the Berjo Village, still in the Karanganyar Regency.

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