TEMPLE MLERI
The temple is situated in the village Mleri Bagelenan, District Srengat, astronomically Blitar which is between 08 ⁰ 03 374 'S and 112 ⁰ 05 099' E. The temple is believed by the local community as the oldest existing temple in Blitar. According to information from Suswandi - claiming to be the great-grandson of Kyai Tafsir Anom - the word temple comes from Sanskrit which means grave. Because it is in the complex that looks like an ancient tomb, so it is better known as kekunaan Mleri.
In kekunaan Mleri is believed to be the tomb of the king Singasari III, who holds Sri Vishnu Wardhana. His real name is Ranggawuni, who was the son or grandson Anusapati Ametung stumps with Ken Dedes. The tomb is believed to have existed since the year 1222 AD It is based on the Pallava inscriptions lettered tomb in the complex with symbol kalamakara (giant form). According to the Negarakertagama Wisnuwardhana didharmakan the form of Shiva statue in Waleri (Mleri) and in the form of statues Sugata (Buddha) in Jajaghu (Candi Jago)
Furthermore, Suswandi said that the inscription in the complex is kekunaan Mleri been studied by researchers from Japan. Researchers are cleaning the inscription is then photographed for analysis in Japan, but until now was not known to the rest
In contrast to the atmosphere of the temple in Indonesia, complex kekunaan Mleri still seem "alive" with the presence of a regular pilgrim to "ngalap blessing". So when entering the complex Mleri kekunaan this, you will certainly smell the scent of fragrant flowers sprinkled pilgrims (setaman flower), and the ashes of incense smoke, despite grave sense here refers to pendarmaan where the ashes of the king. So impressed spooky and haunted (sacred)