Cangkuang

Cangkuang Temple
Candi Cangkuang
Cangkuang temple
Cangkuang is located in Java
Cangkuang
Location within Java
Cangkuang is located in Indonesia
Cangkuang
Cangkuang (Indonesia)
General information
Architectural styleCandi
Town or cityGarut Regency, West Java.
CountryIndonesia
Coordinates7°06′11″S 107°55′09″E / 7.1030751°S 107.9190392°E / -7.1030751; 107.9190392

Cangkuang temple (Indonesian: Candi Cangkuang) is a small 8th-century Shivaist candi (Hindu temple) located in Kampung Pulo village, Cangkuang, Kecamatan Leles, Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia.[1][2] The temple is one of very few Hindu-Buddhist temples discovered in West Java, other temples include Batujaya and Bojongmenje temple.

Three meters to the south of the temple is an ancient Islamic tomb of Embah Dalem Arief Muhammad, believed to be the community elders of Cangkuang village during the Islamization of Sundanese in the 17th century.

  1. ^ "Candi Cangkuang". Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  2. ^ Muljana, Slamet (2005). Runtuhnya kerajaan Hindu-Jawa dan timbulnya negara-negara Islam di Nusantara (in Indonesian). PT LKiS Pelangi Aksara. p. 74. ISBN 9798451163.ISBN 978-979-8451-16-4