Hi Everyone! How are you? I hope you are well. Today I went to Klero Temple which is located in the area of Ngentak Lor Village, Klero Village, Tengaran District, Semarang Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia. Klero Temple was discovered in 1995 in a collapsed condition. Another name for Klero Temple is the Tengaran Temple. The location of this temple is 500 meters from the Semarang highway in the direction of Solo. Klero Temple is a Hindu temple in the archipelago, the strongest evidence is that it can be seen in the ceremonial tools, namely the Yoni and the Shiva statue. is a relic of Hindus, this can be proven by the existence of ceremonial tools in the form of Yoni and Shiva statues.
Klero temple building structure
As for the structure of the Klero Temple, when viewed from below, it is 1 meter lower than the ground, so that when it was first discovered, the inventors dug this temple by excavation with a benchmark of 14 by 14 meters. Klero Temple has a height of about 4 meters from the excavated terrace. Klero Temple has a terrace with several levels. The first level, namely the foot of the temple or also the temple terrace which has a height of about 1.4 meters with a width of approximately 4 by 6 meters.
Then on the walls of the temple are also engraved writings in ancient Javanese language, this temple does not have carvings like the temples I have visited before, but the father of this temple guard said, that Klero temple is older than Prambanan Temple which is located in Jogjakarta. However, it's just that this temple is hidden and discovered later than the previous temples.
In terms of shape, Klero Temple has a rectangular shape with one entrance in the form of a rectangular hallway and a hole on each wall. Then the roof of this temple is three stories high. The roof of the first level has the shape of a Limasan house, then the second roof has a small square shape of the roof of the first level. The shape of the roof of the three-story temple. The first level of the roof is in the form of a pyramid roof. The atmosphere around Klero Temple is very cool because there are gardens around this temple, these gardens are green grass to decorate the temple area. As a young generation, I really need to know about the histories of temples in Indonesia, as a form of inheriting the cultural heritage of Indonesian ancestors.
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