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Puhsarang Church, Monochrome
Puhsarang Church is located at Puh Sarang Village, Semen, Kediri Regency, East Java. This church has been catholic pilgrimage site, built in 1926 by an architect and anthropologist that respected Majapahit culture, The architecture is a blend of Hindu, European and Javanese style.
Puhsarang is a name of village, 10 km south east of Kediri, seems like Kepuh tree is the origin of the village name derives. It lieson the slope of Mt Klotok, Mt Wilis complex, with cold weather and very rocky surrounding. A creek pass the village, and it is full of stones that stone mining is the main occupation of the locals beside farming.
Puhsarang is very unique in architecture, as it resembles Javanese Hindu Temples in Central or East Java, as propaganda endeavor of Pastor Wolters CM that was faboured by Ir. Henricus Maclaine Pont. The later mentioned was an anthropologist that made research in Trowulan Majapahit Site, no wonder that this church is thick of majapahit architecture.
Puhsarang Church, Monochrome
Puhsarang Church is located at Puh Sarang Village, Semen, Kediri Regency, East Java. This church has been catholic pilgrimage site, built in 1926 by an architect and anthropologist that respected Majapahit culture, The architecture is a blend of Hindu, European and Javanese style.
Puhsarang is a name of village, 10 km south east of Kediri, seems like Kepuh tree is the origin of the village name derives. It lieson the slope of Mt Klotok, Mt Wilis complex, with cold weather and very rocky surrounding. A creek pass the village, and it is full of stones that stone mining is the main occupation of the locals beside farming.
Puhsarang is very unique in architecture, as it resembles Javanese Hindu Temples in Central or East Java, as propaganda endeavor of Pastor Wolters CM that was faboured by Ir. Henricus Maclaine Pont. The later mentioned was an anthropologist that made research in Trowulan Majapahit Site, no wonder that this church is thick of majapahit architecture.