Tourism Destinatons
Candi Reog
Candi Reog atau biasa juga disebut Candi Sadon adalah sebuah candi peninggalan jaman kerajaan Erlangga yang terletak di dusun Sadon, desa Cempoko, kecamatan Panekan, Magetan.
Biasa di sebut candi Sadon karena candi ini berada di dusun Sadon, akan tetapi candi ini juga dikenal dengan candi Reog karena di reruntuhan candi terdapat Kalamakara. Kalamakara adalah arca raksasa Kala yang berwajah mirip harimau di topeng Dhadhakmerak, sebuah topeng kepala harimau dengan hiasan susunan bulu merak yang bisa di pakai untuk reog.
Di sebelah timur kompleks candi Sadon, tepatnya di depan pemakaman desa, terdapat candi kecil bernama Candi Reca Sapi (arca sapi). Ukuran candi ini sangat kecil, jauh lebih kecil dibandingkan dengan kebanyakan candi yang terdapat di Jawa Timur. Candi yang diperkirakan merupakan candi Hindu tersebut ditemukan pertama kali pada tahun 1971 oleh Sudiro, penduduk setempat. Ketika diketemukan, candi tersebut tertutup rumpun bambu.
The Crowd In Ledug Suro Ceremony
Ledug Suro Ledug suro is one of annual ceremonial that being held in some regencies in each province in Indonesia. Each provinces are having different names but have the same purpose. This Ledug Suro is particularly known for Magetan Regency. Ledug Suro is having purpose to celebrate the year of Saka, which starting on 1st Suro. The word Ledug Suro is taken by Lesung Suro and Bedug Muharam (Ledhug), which is drum that continually and it is been combined by the sound of gong and more instruments that make unique…
Sarangan Lake
Sarangan Lake Telaga Sarangan is also known as sand lake, is a natural lake that lies at the foot of Mount Lawu, Plaosan district , Magetan regency, East Java. Located about 16 kilometers west of the city Magetan, Sarangan is having 30 acres and and 28 meters depth. With air temperatures between 18 and 25 degrees Celsius, Telaga Sarangan able to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. The atmosphere is obviously become the most interesting place for the downtown people. Telaga Sarangan is Magetan’s tourism. Around the lake,…
Ledhug Suro Ceremony, Magetan
Ledhug Suro There are so many ways that being held by the local government to celebrate the new year of Hijriah. At Jogjakarta there is Sekaten, at Solo (Central Java) there is Grebeg Syuro because it coincidently come with the change of Java’s year which starting from Suro. Any other places like Sukabumi (West Java) is also celebrate this Islamic new year by doing Larung. In Magetan, East Java, in order to attract the visitors to come, they make “Ledhug”. Lesung Suro and Bedug Muharam (Ledhug) is typical of drum…
Sadon Temple
Sadon Temple Sadon temple or Reog temple is located in Sadon hamlet, Cepoko village, Panekan sub-district, Magetan. The local inhabitants are familiar with Reog temple than Sadon temple. It precisely located on 3 km from Magetan city. This temple was a relic of Majapahit kingdom, that was Shiva Temple, but it is not known exactly when and on what purpose this temple was made. This temple was discovered by a Dutch researcher named Hupermand on 1866, in a state that was not perfect anymore. In 1969, with the supported by…
