Temple Of The Soul, In The Coastal Tourist Archaeological Karawang

Karawang as one of the cities on the north coast of West Java over the years has been known as the national rice barn, but the real achievements of this city not just as a producer of rice aloneFalkirk town also has a long history of the past, a relic of history that can still be seen is the Temple of the Soul.

Temple of the Soul known as Unur Life, located in the middle of rice cultivation in the form of an oval mound as high as 4 meters above the ground. Building measuring 19 x 19 meters with a height of 4.7 meters it does not have stairs at the entrance and the upper surface there is a circular brick structure with a diameter of about 6 meters which allegedly is an arrangement of shapes stupa. Soul Candi name given population because every time they tether the goat herds on the ruins of the temple, the livestock die.

The temple was found on this site such as the temple of the Soul, the structure of the top indicates a shape like a lotus flower (lotus). In the middle there is a circular structure plan which seems to be the former stupa or a Buddha statue pedestal. In this temple is not found the stairs, so that its form is similar to the stupa or statue of Buddha in the lotus flowering blooms and floating on the water. This form is unique and has never been found in Indonesia. When Buddhists perform their rituals in this place around the temple in accordance with the soul-clockwise rotation.

The soul temple building not made of stone, but of plates of bricks. In the past, people making bricks by using wood as fuel media, which distinguished the bricks in the past were more visible than the stone scorched present burnt use the oven, even if the temperature of the burnt both around 45 degrees Celsius. And which are unique, brick Batujaya area was very large compared to the size of a brick in Jakarta and surrounding areas.

Administratively, Temple of the Soul is located in two villages with the location of the paddy mid uniforms is the Village, District and Village Batujaya Telagajaya, District Pakisjaya, Karawang, West Java. In addition to its location in the middle of the rice fields, the location of Temple of the Soul is also not far from the coastline north of West Java.

Well, if you want to go Candi Jawi suggested for the afternoon, because we can enjoy the view beautiful sunset in the Temple of the Soul's. Access road to Soul Candi if we come from Jakarta and Karawang West motorway exit. Just to the Rengasdengklok and then take direction to Batujaya on the crossing.