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Prambanan Temple Compounds is the World Heritage designation of a group of Hindu temple compounds that lie on the border between Yogyakarta and Central Java, Indonesia. It comprises Prambanan , Lumbung , Bubrah and Sewu temple compounds, all are located within Prambanan Archaeological Park.
Prambanan (Indonesian: Candi Prambanan, Javanese: Rara Jonggrang, Hanacaraka:ꦫꦫꦗꦺꦴꦁꦒꦿꦁ) is a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, in southern Java, Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimūrti, the expression of God as the Creator , the Preserver and the Destroyer .
The 47 metres tall Shiva temple in Prambanan compound. The towering candi prasada (temple tower) [6] are believed to represent the cosmic Mount Meru, the abode of gods.. Candi refers to a structure based on the Indian type of single-celled shrine, with a pyramidal tower above it, and a portico. [7]
Candi Sewu is the second largest Buddhist temple complex in Indonesia; Borobudur is the largest. Sewu predates near the " Loro Jonggrang " temple at Prambanan. Although the complex consists of 249 temples, this Javanese name translates to 'a thousand temples,' which originated from popular local folklore ( The Legend of Loro Jonggrang ).
Candi Gunung Sari - located in village of Gulon (Muntilan), this is a Siva temple with barong relief suggesting a syncretic fusion of Hindu and pre-Hindu Javanese ideas Candi Merak - a 10th-century Hindu temple, located east of Jogjakarta, like many other temples in Java has one main temple and three secondary temples with gupolo ; the wall is ...
The temple is located within Prambanan or Kewu Plain, an archaeologically rich area dotted with numerous Hindu-Buddhist temples dated circa 8th to 9th century CE. To visit Bubrah temple, visitors can go through the Prambanan temple compound entrance.
Prāsāda (towers) of Sajiwan and Prambanan viewed from Ratu Boko hill, the area in Prambanan Plain was the location of the Mataram capital. During this period the common concept of city , as it known in Europe, Middle East or China, as the urban concentration centre of politics, administration, religious and economic activities, was not quite ...
The Prambanan complex is one of 8,232 immovable cultural properties in Indonesia. Cultural properties of Indonesia are those items defined by Indonesian law as of "important value for history, science, and culture", and include both man-made artefacts and natural objects. [1]