CANDI TIKUS
The temple is situated in the hamlet Dinuk tukus Temon Village, District Trowulan, Mojokerto regency, East Java. The temple, measuring 29.5 X28, 25 meters high and 5.2 meters overall. Rat temple name was taken from the history of discovery when it was first discovered there was found a lot of mice, rats and pests have attacked villages in the surrounding agriculture. First discovered in 1914 and then carried out refurbishment in the year 1983-1986. According to some sources say that the temple is a replica or symbol Rat Mahameru. This temple was called the Temple of the Rat because when found in a place that prey on rats bersarangnya rice farmers
In the middle are the Rat Temple miniature four small temples are considered to symbolize the gods of Mount Mahameru place and source of all life dwells in the form of water flowing from pancuran-pancuran/jaladwara located along the foot of the temple. Water is regarded as holy water amrta, that is the source of all life. The architecture symbolizes the sanctity of Mount Mahameru as bersemayamnya place of the gods. According to Hindu belief, Mount Mahameru Tirta Amrita where water resources or water of life, which is believed to have magical powers and can provide well-being, from the myth of water flowing in the Rat Temple Mount is considered derived from Mahameru.
Mount Meru is a sacred mountain which is considered as the center of the universe that has a foundation of belief in cosmogony which there must be a harmony between the world of the world (microcosm) and the universe (macrocosm). According to the Hindu conception of the universe is made up of a continent named Jambudwipa center surrounded by seven seas and seven mainland and everything is limited by a high mountain. So Very probably the Rat Temple is a petirtaan purified by Hindus and Buddhists, and also as a regulator of the water discharge in the era of Majapahit.
Besides functioning as a regulator of the water discharge in the city, which lies outside the city it gives the impression that before entering the city, the water must be purified first in the Rat temple. In this case, if the form of the temple is regarded as a manifestation of the Rat Mount Meru, so any water coming out of the main building is believed to be the holy water (Amrita). No wonder, when then water coming out of the Rat temple is also believed to have magical power to meet the expectations of the people to double their agricultural output and avoid the difficulties that harm (Ric).
