Gentong Temple is located
in Trowulan village, Tromulan district, Mojokerto
regency. This site is consisting of two temple
buildings that made of red brick. Both of those
temples are built in a row to north – south
direction, about 25 meters to west direction.
The temple that situated in south side called
Gentong Temple I, and which situated in north
direction called Gentong Temple II. The borders
of Gentong Temple has not known yet, but based
on the ancient tools that had found, it can said
that this temple was a wide temple complex.
Verbeek
in TBG XXXIII 1889 wrote the first information
about Gentong Temple. In this book Verbeek said
that in the year, Gentong Temple’s form could
be recognition. But Verbeek didn’t explain it in detail about this temple’s
form.
Knebel in ROC 1907 said that Gentong temple was just small heap of soil. Krom
in his book Inleiding tot de Hindoe Javaaneschhe Kunst in 1923 said that Gentong
Temple is situated not far from Brahu Temple. This interesting information is
gotten from Ir. Henri Maclaine Pont’s note. In his research of reconstruction
of Mojopahit Kingdom’s City, Maclaine Pont said the three temples that
in line to west – east, that is Gentong Temple, Tengah Temple and Gedong
Temple. It has not known yet about the third temples if those are the temples
that situated in Gentong temple site or in the other temple site, compared with
the temple lines that different from the other that mentioned in Maclaine Pont
note and the present condition.
Gentong Temple I and Gentong Temple II when
it had found, the condition was bad, just ruins
left and the original form is shown by its
legs. Gentong Temple I map that can be seen
completely showed its form is rectangular.
Seen from its map, Gentong Temple I is a building
that has a central room. While Gentong Temple
II show map of central building, that surrounded
by the other small buildings. Seen from its
size, Gentong Temple I is bigger than Gentong
Temple II. Based on research that has been
done, it is said that Gentong Temple has Budha
religion background. This is proved from all
things that has found around those temples.
The
protection of Gentong temple site has begun
in 1986, with research study about ancients
building in Trowulan in arranged the Plan of
Main Archeology Ex Mojopahit City. From the
research, there is no meant things that can
be inform about this temple, it is because
many of this temple’s structure were
covered by soil and grass. This activity then
continued by Project of Historical Inheritance
Management And Archaeological of Ex Mojopahit
City, with the technical study in 1994/1995.
When it had done, the real form if the temple,
was not found yet. Because of that, it is conclude
that need to have a conservation of all area
around Gentong temple. This plan has done with
the reparation activity in 1995/1996 and continued
till 2001. During six years the reparation
show the structure of Gentong Temple I and
II, and thee roof made to protect new structure.
This reparation is end with environment arrangement
in 2004.
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