Ki-demang.com : Candi

Lokasi :
Dukuh Bandungan, Desa Candiretno, Kecamatan Secang, Kabupaten Magelang.

Sejarah :
Candiretno adalah desa di Kecamatan Secang, Magelang, Jawa Tengah. Disini terdapat sebuah peninggalan sejarah dari zaman kerajaan mataram kuno, yaitu sebuah candi dan di namakan Candi Retno. Akan tetapi candi tersebut tidak terurus lagi sehingga rusak dan dari luar seperti sebuah kebun saja.

Kondisi Candi :
Candi ini terbuat dari batu bata dan bukan dari batu andesit seperti candi Jawa Tengah pada umumnya.
Batu bata tersebut berukuran besar dan bentuk candi sudah tidak utuh, hanya tersisa bentuk pondasi dan batu bata yg berserakan.

Terdapat sebuah Yoni yang berukuran cukup besar dan sebuah Arca Nandi yang kini sudah dipindah ke Museum Karmawibangga Borobudur.

Dari reruntuhan batu bata tersebut masih ada 2 buah antefak yang masih tersisa dengan hiasan sangat bagus.

Sumber : http://tarabuwana.blogspot.com/2010/08/candi-retno.html

RETNO (Rejo, Candirejo)27
Administrative localization:

Cetokan, Candiretno, Secang, Magelang, JT.

Geographical localization:

07° 26' 01.7" S
110° 14' 45.2" E
Precision: 11m
Alt.: 400m

Surroundings:

In lower middle land, on flat ground, 150m east of kali Nongko and 500m east of the Elo River. The site is located 350m to the west of Cetokan, 450m to the northwest of Tidaran, 500m to the south southwest of Bengkung and 800m to the north northwest of Setan.

Religion: Hindu.
Main features: Single temple; facing east; square.
State of preservation: Only the base and the foundation of the temple body are still visible.

Description:

The temple is made of brick and faces east southeast.
The base is square and measures roughly 11.80m x 11.80m.
Only the foundations of the temple body remains. From the ruins, it can be deduced that the body was roughly 5.70m square, while the cella measured probably 3.30m x 3.30m. The walls of the temple body raised on a foundation consisting in an intricate network of walls that delimitated 16 compartments (each is roughly 80m square – inner measurements).
The description of Candirejo given by Krom is slightly different. According to the Dutch scholar, there were remains of one main temple and its secondary shrines. The constructions were built on a single brick terrace (Krom 1914a: 235; 1923, I: 408). No trace of any secondary shrine is now visible.

Sculptures: A yoni adorned with a kāla is still visible near the temple remains. A bull coming from here is now at the Borobudur Museum.
A sculpture of Durgā was found along the northern side of the temple, together with a hapsari (Nitihaminoto 1977: fig.14). Feet from a standing figure were also discovered near the stairs (Nitihaminoto 1977: fig.15). A sculpture of Agastya would also originate from the remains (Pengolahan data candi Retno 1998: 4).
Sculptures of the guardians of the winds have been found in Candirejo, among others Yāma, one Śiwa, 2 Durgā, one bull, one Wisnu, one Indra, one Agni, one Waruna and one Wāyu (Krom 1914a: 235). However, as the association between Candiretno and Candirejo is not absolutely certain, this should be treated with care.

Sumber : Candi Space and Landscape - Véronique Myriam Yvonne Degroot