Prambanan Temple - Klaten - Central of Java

This temple is located on the island of Java, Klaten village, approximately 20 km east of the city of Yogyakarta, 40 km west of the city of Solo, Central of Java. This building height reached 47 feet (5 meters higher than Borobudur temple), this temple was built in about the year 850 AD by one of the second king of the Mataram kingdom, namely Rakai Pikatan. Prambanan temple has three main temples in the primary yard, namely Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva. The three temples are a symbol of the Trimurti in Hinduism. All of them face east. Each main temple has accompanying temple facing to the west, namely Nandini for Shiva, Swan to Brahma, and Garuda for Vishnu. While both had 224 yard of the temple.

Entering the Shiva temple located in the middle and the highest building, you will find a room 4. One main room contains a statue of Shiva, while the other 3 rooms each. In the Vishnu temple is located in the north of Shiva temple, you will only see one room containing a statue of Vishnu. Brahma temple is located south of Shiva temple, you will only find one room with a statue of Brahma. Prambanan also has panels of relief that tells the story of Ramayana. Another interesting relief is Kalpataru tree that the Hindu religion is considered as a tree of life, sustainability and environmental compatibility. In Prambanan, relief of Kalpataru tree is described middle flanking a lion.

Are you interested? please come here, on Klaten, Central of Java.