Brahu located in Hamlet cashew, Bejijong Village, District Trowulan, Mojokerto. Right in front of the Sanctuary of Historical and Archeological East Java is located in Mojokerto and Jombang highway there is the entrance to the north are a bit cramped but had been paved. Brahu located on the right side of the small street, about 1.8 km from the highway.
Others have suggested that Brahu older than the other temples around Trowulan. Brahu name associated estimated to come from the word 'Wanaru' or 'Warahu', which is the name of a sacred building that is mentioned in the inscription copper 'Alasantan' were found to be approximately 45 meters to the west of Brahu. The inscription was made in the year 861 Saka or, rather, on September 9 939 AD on the orders of King Mpu Sindok of Kahuripan. According to the surrounding community, the temple was formerly functioning as a cremation kings Brawijaya. However, the results of research conducted on the temple did not show any traces of ash or dead bodies, because the temple is now empty.
In the vicinity of the temple complex ever discovered ancient objects others, such as a ceremony of metals, jewelry and other objects of gold, as well as statues of metal, all of which demonstrate the characteristics of Buddhism, thus deduced that Brahu a Buddhist temple , Although none of the statue of Buddha that were found there, but the style of the building as well as the rest of the board profile stupa located on the southeast side of the temple roof reinforces the notion that Brahu is a Buddhist temple. It is estimated that this temple was founded in the 15th century AD
The temple is facing west, berdenah rectangular base measuring 18 x 22.5 m and remaining high until now reaches about 20 m. As is generally the other ancient buildings were found in Trowulan, Brahu also made of red brick. However, in contrast to other temples, the body shape is not expressly Brahu square but many angled, obtuse and notched. The middle part of his body curved into like waist. The indentation is reinforced by the pattern of bricks on the west wall or front wall of the temple. The roof is also not a double decker shaped prism-shaped or square, angular but many with a flat top.
Foot of the temple was built compound two. The lower leg as high as about 2 m, has a staircase on the west side, heading into the corridor width of about 1 m around the body of the temple. From the first hall there are stairs as high as about 2 m into the hall the second. On top of this second hall of the temple stood. On the west side, there is a kind of door opening at a height of about 2 m from the lobby. Perhaps the first, there are stairs up from the lobby to the door in the body of the temple, but this time the ladder is no longer there, making it difficult for visitors to get into the room at the temple's body. It is said in the room spacious enough so it can accommodate about 30 people. On the feet, body and roof of the temple was not found adorned with reliefs or carvings. It's just bricks in the legs, the body wall and roof of the temple is set so that an image or geometric patterned indentations beautiful.
Brahu began restoration in 1990 and completed in 1995. According to the surrounding community, not far from Brahu formerly contained several other temples, like the temples Muteran, Gedong, Middle Temple and Temple Gentong, which now no longer visible.
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