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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 .
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 plain are filled with archaeological sites, mainly Hindu or Buddhist temples scattered in around short distance between one and another. The high density of archaeological sites around this area suggested that around 8th to 10th century CE this area was an important urban, social and religious center of Medang i Bhumi Mataram Kingdom.
As of 2023, there are ten World Heritage Sites in Indonesia, six of which are cultural and four are natural. This means Indonesia possesses the highest number of sites in Southeast Asia . [ 4 ] The first four sites to be inscribed to the list were the Borobudur Temple Compounds , the Prambanan Temple Compounds , Ujung Kulon National Park , and ...
English: The reconstructed plan of 9th century Prambanan Hindu temple compound. The temple consists of hundreds of shrines (Javanese: candi). The Trimurti Hindu gods (Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma) are revered in this temple compound, including the location other Hindu deities murti (statues). Prambanan, located between Yogyakarta and Klaten ...
Sojiwan temple is on the bottom left and Prambanan temple is on the top right, in the center of Prambanan Plain viewed from Ratu Boko Hill.. Kewu Plain, also known as Prambanan Plain or Opak River Valley, is a fertile volcanic plain that lies between the Merapi-Merbabu complex in the north, the Bantul lowlands and Sewu karst limestone range in the south, Bengawan Solo river valley in the east ...
Candi Prambanan - the largest Hindu temples complex uncovered so far in Indonesia; it is also known as Loro Jonggrang, and it includes 240 temples; the three central temples have intricate carvings on its walls to pictorially describe all major events from the Hindu epic Ramayana. [11]
The Prambanan temple complex. Hundreds of ancient stone religious monuments lie on the island of Java. Known as candi in Indonesian, they date from the early classical period of Javanese civilisation, beginning in the first part of the 8th century CE and ending after 900 CE. The majority were built between 780 CE and 860 CE, even though the ...