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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 .
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Because of the influx of Indian immigrants into Indonesia back in the 19th century, there are numbers of Indian-style temples erected in Indonesian cities, especially in Medan and Jakarta. The Indian Hindu temples in Indonesia followed closely the design, style, layout and architecture commonly found in India and neighboring Malaysia and Singapore.
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 ...
Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple complex in Indonesia, located in Central Java, approximately 18 km east of Yogyakarta. It was built around 850 CE by either Rakai Pikatan, king of the second Mataram dynasty or Balitung Maha Sambu, during the Sanjaya Dynasty. Not long after its construction, the temple was abandoned and began to deteriorate.