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The Bayon was the last state temple to be built at Angkor, and the only Angkorian state temple to be built primarily to worship Buddhist deities, though a great number of minor and local deities were also encompassed as representatives of the various districts and cities of the realm.
Batujaya is an archeological site located in the village of Batujaya, Karawang in West Java, Indonesia.Archaeologists suggest that the Batujaya temples might be the oldest surviving temple structures in Java and estimated that it was built during the time of the Tarumanegara kingdom circa 5th to 6th century CE.
Cangkuang temple (Indonesian: Candi Cangkuang) is a small 8th-century Shivaist candi (Hindu temple) located in Kampung Pulo village, Cangkuang, Kecamatan Leles, Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The temple is one of very few Hindu-Buddhist temples discovered in West Java , other temples include Batujaya and Bojongmenje temple.
The connection to the word "dust" also suggests that this temple was probably built as a tomb or mortuary temple for a king. [3] Pawon is from the word Per-awu-an (a place that contains dust), a temple that houses the dust or ashes of the cremated king. However, who was the personage that entombed here is still unknown.
This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in Indonesia for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location. Bali
Gedong Songo III is also a Shiva temple, one paired with a facing Nandi shrine and a Parvati shrine next to the Shiva shrine. Gedong Songo I is the oldest, with a square plan – an architecture that is predominant in Hindu and Buddhist-Hindu sites of central Java.
Entrance to the 'Elephant Cave' Bathing temple Bathing temple figures Entrance to the Elephant Cave 'Goa Gajah' Goa Gajah (Balinese: ᬕᭀᬯᬕᬚᬄ), lit. meaning "The Elephant Cave", is located on the island of Bali near Ubud, in Indonesia. Built-in the 9th century, it served as a sanctuary. [1]
Muara Takus (Indonesian: Candi Muara Takus) is a Buddhist temple complex, thought to belong to the Srivijaya empire. [1] It is situated in Kampar Regency in Riau province, Sumatra, Indonesia. [2]