Not far from Penataran Sasih Temple, at the other side of the road, lies a massive temple gate, called "Kebo Edan Temple" the "Crazy Buffalo Temple", where an ancient stone statue is kept beside a lot of others, collected from surrounding villages and ricefields. The biggest statue is of a "Giant" standing on hos legs, 3.60 meters high. The locals said that statue represents Bima, the second brother of Pandawa of the Mahabharata story. He is dancing the perish dance (or Moksha dance) for he is believed to be the manifestation figure of Shiva. This statue has a mask on its face, a snack wound around its wrist, and it has four penises swinging, showing that it is dancing.
It cannot be dated exactly but, it is known that the last king who held a ceremony related to this theme was the king Sri Asura Ratna Bumi Banten from the 14th century.
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