Candi Kethek- Karakter dan Latar Belakang Agama

Each temple building has style and character building its own and built on background a reliegion. As submitted by Soekmono that the temple located in central Jawa with temple in eastern Jawa has style that is different, foundation worship of different. This article presented characters and religious background of Kethek Temple. Goal was to provide information about history of Gunung Lawu. Data collection was done through observation and literature review. Data analysis was using qualitative, comparative, and kontekstual with symbol theory. Result showed that Kethek Temple has special characteristic; is structured from unprocessed andesite. It utilized the wide natural rock order for terrace border, likes was seen on second and third terrace. Religious background Kethek Temple is Hindu. This was based from finding of turtle sculpture in which is symbol Vishnu. Elements worships toward accentors were still visible, considering terraces is form mountain in which was believed as place where the soul of ancestors live. Keywords: kethek temple, considering the terraces, hinduistic