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Since the fall of Majapahit kingdom, which was then in susul the inclusion of Islam, many buildings associated with the sacred Hindu / Buddhist casual leave in the community by adherents. Old-old buildings that are not sacred anymore forget is that the people because most people have changed the trust. As a result, the building does not have to be displaced again mengurusnya that, in the end buried soil erosion and land bush thicket. That is visible debris - debris in there into here. When this area is developed into residential situation became more severe again. Stone - stone candinya in bingkar people from keperluaan order to pad the house or building roads, while the bricks in cement tumbuk to be red. Some stones also make up and image-capture in the sculpture by sinder - sinder plantation. Of this miserable situation lasts long enough, until the arrival of the researchers at the beginning of XIX century. With the expertise held that the researchers start to reconstruction and restoration.
Similarly complex situation in the enshrinement Panataran ago. Upgrading found in the temple in the year 1815 until 1850 but has not been much in the know. Penemunya is Stamfort Sir Thomas Raffles (1781 - 1826), lieutenant governor general of British colonial power in our country at that time.
Raffles, together with Dr. Horsfield Natural Sciences an expert visit to the temple upgrading, visit the bukukan results in a quite famous book "History of Java" is published in two volumes. Raffles impression is then followed by the other researchers: J. Crawfurd a resident assistant in Yogyakarta, the next van meeteren Brouwer (1828), Junghun (1844), Jonathan Rigg (1848) and NW Hoepermans that in the year 1866 an inventory of complex percandiaan upgrading. In the year 1867 Andre de la Porte, together with J. Knebel a resident assistant on a research Temple Panataran and results of research in bukukan in a book published in 1900 entitled "De ruines van Panataran".
With the establishment of the archeological official at that time with Oudheidkundige Dienst (usually in short OD) on 14 - 06 - 1913 top of the temple of the upgrading to be more intensive. At this time, together with the ancient heritage lainyang in East Java, maintenance, protection, restoration and so on Temple upgrading Reserve is in the hands of historical and ancient East Java headquartered in Trowulan, Mojokerto.