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Early medieval · Hindu · Indonesia
Badut Temple
Dau, Malang, East Java · -7.9578°, 112.5986°
Shiva (lingam-yoni)Kanjuruhan (King Gajayana)Central Javanese candi form
Sacred since
760 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 760 CE (Kanjuruhan)
Kanjuruhan (King Gajayana)
History & significance
Reckoned the oldest temple in East Java, a Shaivite shrine whose garbhagriha holds a lingam and yoni and whose outer niche carries Durga Mahishasuramardini. The Dinoyo inscription places it in 682 Saka, 760 CE, under King Gajayana of Kanjuruhan, and it keeps the older Central Javanese temple form despite its East Javanese setting.