Prambanan temple

Prambanan temple is a tourist destination in Indonesia, with objects made of stone temple heritage of centuries between 9 -10, and has been officially form the one of the world heritage by UNESCO. Prambanan shape resembles yamg building stone towers that are decorated with statues (sculpture) and the reliefs on the walls. This temple is the biggest Hindu temple that is located not too far from Borobudur Temple whibh is Buddhist temple. Prambanan temple is located between the cities of Yogyakarta and Solo, then Klaten and Sleman, will be obvious when we passed towering highway Yogyakarta and Solo.

In some package tour, Prambanan Temple is part of tour packages of Yogyakarta. Attractions Prambanan is the privilege of building (high rising), statues depicting the gods in Hinduism, and the relief on the stone wall that has a story of Ramayana. At certain events, sometimes the Ramayana story was portrayed back through the dance theater. Prambanan has building height about 47 meters, slightly higher than Borobudur temple buildings. Because the height of the building, it is predicted in the days of old used to attract the surrounding community.

Prambanan temple is also called Loro Jongrang; it is associated with a trusted local myths about Loro Jongrang. Loro Jongrang myth is as follows: In antiquity there are two kingdoms local area; namely Pengging and Prambanan, both are often hostile and war. One time there was war that was very great and is the latest warfare. Crown prince of the work that has a supernatural ability Pengging extraordinary; called bandung Bondowoso succeeded in killing the leader of Prambanan; named Prabu Boko.

When entering the palace of Prambanan, Bondowoso saw a very beautiful princess called Loro Jongrang who is the daugther of Prabu Boko. Furthermore Bondowoso want marry with Loro Jongrang; but Loro jongrang refused the request and provide a very severe condition, ie, ask for made a thousand temples in one night. This requirement is affordable by Bondowoso, making a thousand temples assisted by supernatural beings who are not human so it can be completed 999 temples at midnight. Loro Jongrang know this and by mobilizing the village girl he foiled to manufacture a thousand temples. The trick is making noises that sound has impressed early in the morning time, so the creatures that make the temple to stop work. Finally making the temple a thousand failed, and then cursed angrily Bondowoso made Loro Jongrang become a thousandth of the temple stones..

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Borobudur Temple

Who does not know Borobudur? This Buddhist temple has 1460 relief panels and 504 Buddha effigies in its complex. Millions of people longing to visit the buildings included in this World Wonder Heritages. Not surprisingly, since architecturally and functionally, as a place of worship, Borobudur is attractive.
Borobudur was built by King Samaratungga, one of the kings of ancient Mataram kingdom, hereditary dynasty dynasty. Based Kayumwungan inscription, an Indonesian named Hudaya Kandahjaya revealed that Borobudur was a place of worship that was completed on 26 May 824, almost one hundred years since the early days of construction. The name Borobudur, as some people means a mountain having terraces (budhara), while the other says that Borobudur means monastery on the heights.
Borobudur punden staircase-shaped building consists of 10 levels. Height of 42 meters and 34.5 meters before it was renovated after the renovation because the lowest level was used as a drag. Six lowest level square and the upper three circular form, and the highest level in the form of a Buddhist stupa facing westward. Each level represents the stages of human life. In accordance schools of Mahayana Buddhism, every person who wants to reach the level of the Buddha must through every level of life is.
The base of Borobudur, called Kamadhatu, symbolizing human beings that are still bound by lust. Four levels above it are called Rupadhatu symbolizing human beings that have freed themselves from lust but still tied to appearance and shape. At that level, put a statue of Buddha is open. Meanwhile, three levels above where Buddha placed inside perforated stupa called Arupadhatu, symbolizing human beings that have been freed from lust, appearance, and shape. The top part is called Arupa symbolizes nirvana, where Buddha is residing.
Each terrace has beautiful relief panels showing how skillful. Relief that will be read coherently when you walk in a clockwise direction (towards the left of the entrance of the temple). In the reliefs of Borobudur tells of a legendary story, namely Ramayana. In addition, there are relief panels depicting the condition of society at that time. For example, the relief of farmers' activity reflecting the advance of agriculture system and relief of sailing boat representing the advance of the time shipping was centered in Bergotta (Semarang).
All relief panels in Borobudur temple reflect Buddha's teachings. Therefore, this temple functions as educating medium for those who want to learn Buddhism. YogYES invites you to surround each of the narrow alleys of Borobudur in order to understand the philosophy of Buddhism. Atisha, a Buddhist from India in the 10th century,'ve been to the temple which was built three centuries before Angkor Wat in Cambodia and 4 centuries before the Great Cathedral in Europe.
Thanks to visiting Borobudur and having Buddhist manuscripts from Serlingpa (one of the king of the kingdom of Srivijaya), Atisha was able to develop Buddhism. He became abbot Vikramasila and taught Tibetans of practicing Dharma. Six manuscripts of Serlingpa was condensed into a core doctrine called "The Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment" or better known by the name Bodhipathapradipa.
One of the questions still unanswered about Borobudur is how the condition around the temple was built and why the temple was found buried in a state. Some say Borobudur originally stood surrounded by marsh and then buried by the eruption of Merapi. Calcutta is essentially the inscription reads 'Amawa' means sea of ​​milk. The word which is then interpreted as the lava of Merapi. Some others say cold Merapi lava buried Borobudur.

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