Durga and Una at Candi Tegowangi

There are always pros and cons, positive and negative, yin and yang in every single thing; even in the worst thing you can find a piece of positivity that you can taste. Therefore developing from negative to positive or vice versa is typically human. Even in Hindus mythology, some goddess can appear in two different opposite forms. During my short trip to East Java I travelled around one of its regencies and found Candi Tegowangi—one of remains from MajaPahit Kingdom that was erected around 14^th century. The Relief in this candi told me about the series of story about the Goddes Durga and Una which are originally one goddess. Durga represents the infortune and Uma is embedded virtue. In the relief Durga was purified by Sadewa and Pandawa. Durga was bathed with sacred water that kept within the dragon jar. After the purification,she develops from negative to positive, fromDurga, she turn into Una. Tegowangi is a square candi surrounded by several arcas, those are Parwati, Ardhana and Garuda. On each corner, a shady Mojopahit tree stood firmly.  Mojo is a name its fruit and Pahit means bitter. Mojopahit is what the name of the kingdom is derived from.

Candi Tegowangi is located in Tegowangi village which belong to sub-district Plemahan, Kediri. Becak or ojek is public transportation that can reach this place. It takes about twenty minutes from Pare—Kampung Inggris.