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Dorok Temple

Dorok temple was discovered by a farmer accidentally while trying to plant tree seedlings Melinjo in his yard. When digging, hoe he used on the pile of bricks that when explored further widening and form a rectangular field.

Further excavations by the Archaeological department found that the pile of bricks is part of the body temple that it also means that the top of this Dorok temple no longer exists.

Dorok Temple found in Dorok Hamlet, Village Mangosteen, District Puncu – Kediri, made of brick, like most temples in East Java. Due to have been buried long enough and did not result in the renovation of this temple stone constituent appears white as the colour of the soil around it and a lot of moss on the bottom. This temple is located below the ground surface as deep as 3 meters,

so that the land around the temple in the square and dug to form the field provided a ladder made of land that juts into and can be used by visitors for a closer look at the base of the temple. At the top of the temple was built of corrugated iron roofs to prevent damage from heat and rain.

There is no statue that can be encountered by visitors to this temple. Reliefs that there were also badly damaged condition, making it hard to figure out his motives. A small statue on top temple when I try to ask the guard sites, not part of the temple, but from another location. There has been no explanation in more detail will the origin or history relating to the establishment of this temple, but based on the material forming the temple this temple is estimated to originate from the 10th century AD