Candi Belahan, Hindu temple in Gempol, Indonesia.
Candi Belahan is a red brick Hindu temple featuring a sacred pond and intricate carvings of Hindu deities across its walls. The structure incorporates a central water basin as part of its architectural design.
A chronogram statue above the southern side of the bath is read as the year 931 Saka, or 1009 CE. Linked to the date at Jolotundo (991 CE), the site is placed under the same ruler, likely King Dharmawangsa Teguh, or possibly earlier under Mpu Sindok. The Cunggrang inscription found nearby mentions a hermitage facing a ravine, and two gateways and brick remains suggest an ancient retreat complex.
The name Sumber Tetek (Javanese for "breast spring") comes from the water that pours from the breasts of the Lakshmi statue in the right niche. The two large niches hold jaladwara figures identified as Dewi Sri and Dewi Lakshmi, while the empty central niche is thought to have held Vishnu, husband of both goddesses. A small black sign with white text stands between the left and central niches.
The bathing pool sits at the foot of a cliff on the eastern slope of Mount Penanggungan, reached from Belahanjowo hamlet in Wonosunyo, Gempol. Water still flows from the hands of the four-armed statue in the right niche into the square basin below. Two gateways and remains of brick structures lie near the pool, part of the same archaeological complex.
The name Sumber Tetek refers to the water that pours from the breasts of the statue of Lakshmi in the right-hand niche. The central niche is now empty, but it is thought to have once held a statue of Vishnu, husband of both Sri and Lakshmi.
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