The Ceto () is a fifteenth-century
Javanese-
Hindu
Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...
temple that is located on the western slope of
Mount Lawu
The Lawu (), or Mount Lawu () is a massive compound stratovolcano straddling the border between East Java and Central Java, Indonesia. The north side is deeply eroded and the eastern side contains parasitic crater lakes and parasitic cones. A ...
(
elev. 1495 m above sea level) on the border between
Central and
East Java
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provinces.
Cetho is one of several temples built on the northwest slopes of
Mount Lawu
The Lawu (), or Mount Lawu () is a massive compound stratovolcano straddling the border between East Java and Central Java, Indonesia. The north side is deeply eroded and the eastern side contains parasitic crater lakes and parasitic cones. A ...
in the fifteenth century. By this time, Javanese religion and art had diverged from Indian precepts that had been so influential on temple styles during the 8th-10th century. This area was the last significant area of temple building in Java before the island's courts were converted to Islam in the 16th century. The temples' distinctiveness and the lack of records of Javanese ceremonies and beliefs of the era make it difficult for historians to interpret the significance of these antiquities.
It is close to
Sukuh temple.
See also
; In Java
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Gunung Padang Megalithic Site
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Candi Kethek, 11th-16th century similar smaller site in Central Java.
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Candi of Indonesia
A candi (, ) is a Hindu temple, Hindu or Buddhist temple in Indonesia, mostly built during the ''Zaman Hindu-Buddha'' or "Indianized kingdom, Hindu-Buddhist period" between circa the 4th and 15th centuries.
The ''Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia'' ...
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Prambanan Temple, 6th-9th century UNESCO heritage Hindu temple in Central Java.
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Sunda Kingdom
The Sunda Kingdom ( , ) was a Sundanese people, Sundanese Hindu kingdom located in the western portion of the island of Java from 669 to around 1579, covering the area of present-day Banten, Jakarta, West Java, Lampung, and the western part of ...
, 7th-16th century Indianised Hindu kingdom in Western and Central Java.
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Taruma Kingdom, 2nd-6th century Indianised Hindu kingdom of Western Java.
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Greater India
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Indianisation
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History of Indian influence on Southeast Asia
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Hinduism in Indonesia
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Buddhism in Indonesia
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List of places with columnar jointed volcanics
References
External links
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Hindu temples in Indonesia
Archaeological sites in Indonesia
Pyramids in Indonesia
Religious buildings and structures in Central Java
Mount Lawu
Cultural Properties of Indonesia in Central Java
Religious buildings and structures in East Java
Javanese culture
Places in Hindu worship
Tourist attractions in East Java
History of East Java
Archaeology of Indonesia