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High medieval · Hindu · Indonesia

Kidal Temple

Tumpang, Malang, East Java · -8.0258°, 112.7091°

Shiva, in the portrait form of the deified king AnusapatiSinghasari
Sacred since
1248 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 1248 (Singhasari)
Singhasari

History & significance

A slender East Javanese candi of about 1248 built as the mortuary shrine of the Singhasari king Anusapati, whose image is thought to have stood in its chamber as Shiva; its base carries three Javanese masks and reliefs of the Garuda story, and it was restored in the 1990s.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Singhasari