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CANDI NGETOS

Candi Ngetos yang terbuat dari bata itu atapnya Candi Ngetos which is made of bricks has Alamat
Desa Ngetos, Ngetos,
sudah runtuh. Bangunan itu berukuran panjang collapsed roof. The building has a length of 12.75 Nganjuk, Jawa Timur
sisi selatan 12,75 m dan 10 m di sisi timur. Tinggi m in the south side and 10 m on the east side. The Koordinat
7° 41’ 36,816” LS 111° 50’
bangunan yang masih tersisa 9,6 meter. Candi Ngetos remaining building height is 9.6 meters. 32,208” BT
Ketinggian
memiliki bilik terletak tepat di tengah denah dasar Candi Ngetos has chamber which is located right 259 mdpl
bangunan. Dasar biliknya lebih rendah daripada in the middle of the ground-plan of the building. Its
dasar ambang pintu. Uniknya, pada bagian kaki candi chamber’s pedestal is lower than the pedestal of its
terdapat relief seperti salib Portugis. Sisa tangga ada threshold. Interestingly, at the foot of the temple there
di sebelah barat, sehingga candi menghadap ke barat. is a relief as the Portuguese cross. The remainders of
the stairs are in the west, so that the temple faces west.
Pada bagian tubuhnya di bagian sebelah timur,
selatan, dan utara terdapat relung berukuran tinggi In parts of its body on the east, south, and
dua meter dengan lebar 0,65 m dalam keadaan north, there are empty niches measuring 2 meters
kosong. Di sisi barat tubuh candi terdapat dua relung high and 0.65 meter wide. On the west side of the
yang ukurannya lebih kecil daripada ketiga relung itu. body temple, there are two niches which are smaller
Di atas relung-relung tersebut terdapat hiasan NƗOD dan than the three niches aforementioned. Above these
di sisi barat di atas dua relung yang mengapit pintu QLFKHV WKHUH DUH NƗOD RUQDPHQWV DQG RQ WKH ZHVW VLGH
masuk terdapat hiasan yang merupakan kepanjangan DERYH WKH WZR QLFKHV ÀDQNLQJ WKH HQWUDQFH WKHUH DUH
dari rambut kepala NƗOD yang berada di atas pintu ornaments which are a continuation of the hair of the

masuk. NƗOD KHDG ORFDWHG DERYH WKH HQWUDQFH
Candi Ngetos dapat dimasukkan ke dalam Candi Ngetos can be put into groups of
kelompok candi-candi Majapahit dengan Gaya Majapahit temples with Singhasari Style. Thus, it is
Singhasari. Maka diduga atap Candi Ngetos terbuat allegedly that the roof of Candi Ngetos is made of
dari bahan yang sama dengan kaki dan tubuh candi, the same material with the foot and the body of the
yaitu bata. temple, which are bricks.

Luas halaman Candi Ngetos yang The real measure of the courtyard of
sesungguhnya tidak Candi Ngetos is unknown.
diketahui. Melihat keletakan Considering the location of the
candi pada kemiringan lereng, temple which is on the slope,

ada kemungkinan halaman there is possibility that the
candi bertingkat-tingkat, temple’s courtyard was in form
dan bangunan Candi Ngetos of stepped terraces, and Candi
terletak di tingkat halaman Ngetos building is located on
atas. (rtm) the top level. (rtm)

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