The temple is located in the Clowns Tidar, the city of Malang. Can be reached by public transport Tidar majors. The temple is expected to more than 1400 years old and is believed to be the relics of King Gajayana, Kanjuruhan monarch as embodied in many Dinoyo inscription 760 AD.
The word clown here derived from the Sanskrit "Bha-dyut" which means highlight or highlight Agastya Canopus star. It was seen in the temple main room which contains a pair of unreal statue of Shiva and Parvati in the form of linga and yoni. On the outer walls there are niches containing statues and Nadiswara Mahakal. In the north there is a statue of Durga niche Mahesasuramardhini. Eastern niches contained statues of Ganesha. And to the south there is a statue of Agastya Shiva as the Grand Master. But among all the statues were only statues of Durga Mahesasuramardhini were left.
The temple was discovered in 1921 which looks at the moment is just a mound of rocks, rubble and soil. The first person to proclaim the existence of the Temple Clown is Maureen Brecher, a Dutch controller working in Malang. Clown temple was rebuilt in 1925-1927 under the supervision of B. De Haan from the Netherlands Bureau of Indian Antiquities. From the results of excavations carried out at the time it was known that the building of the temple had collapsed altogether, except for the legs which can still be seen arrangement.
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