10 Buddhist temples in Indonesia
1. Borobudur Temple
Borobudur is the name of a Buddhist temple located at Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java. Location of the temple is approximately 100 km in the south-west of Semarang and 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta. This temple was founded by the Mahayana Buddhists around the year 800 AD the dynasty during the reign of Sailendra.
2. Mendut Temple
Mendut temple is a Buddhist background. This temple is located in the village Mendut Mungkid district, Magelang regency, Central Java, a few kilometers from Borobudur temple.
Mendut founded during the reign of King Indra Sailendra dynasty. Karangtengah inscription in the 824 AD era, mentioned that the king Indra has built the shrine called veluvana which means bamboo forests. By a Dutch archaeologist named J.G. de Casparis, these words related to Mendut
3. Ngawen Temple
This temple consists of 5 small temple, two of whom have a different shape with lion statues decorated by the four corners. A statue of Buddha in a sitting position Ratnasambawa have no visible head is in one of the other temples. Some relief on the side of the temple still seems pretty clear, among them carvings Kinnara, Kinnari, and kala-makara.
Ngawen Temple is a Buddhist temple located about 5 km before Mendut from the Yogyakarta, namely Ngawen village, district Muntilan. According to estimates, this temple was built by Sailendra dynasty in the 8th century at the time of the Ancient Mataram Kingdom. The existence of this temple Ngawen likely it is that in Karang Tengah inscription in the year 824 AD
4. Lumbung Temple
Lumbung Temple is a Buddhist temple which is located within the Taman Wisata Candi Prambanan, which is next to the Bubrah temple. According to estimates, this temple was built in the 9th century at the time of the Ancient Mataram Kingdom. This temple is a collection of one main temple (Buddhist temple theme)
Characteristics:
Surrounded by 16 small temples whose condition is still relatively good.
5. Banyunibo Temple
Banyunibo Temple which means water falling-drip (in Javanese) is a Buddhist temple is located not far from the Temple of Ratu Boko, namely in the eastern part of the city of Yogyakarta to the Wonosari City. This temple was built in approximately the 9th century during the time of the Ancient Mataram Kingdom. At the top of this temple there is a stupa which is characteristic of Buddhism.
Characteristics:
The situation of this temple is still quite sturdy looking and well-rounded with carved reliefs kala-makara and other forms of relief that still seems very clear. The temple has a central part of the room was first discovered and corrected back to the 1940s, and now in the middle of rice field area.
6. Batujaya Temple Complex
The complex is a Batujaya enshrinement of a complex enshrinement remnants of ancient Buddha located in Subdistrict Batujaya and Pakisjaya District, Karawang regency, West Java Province. This site is called enshrinement because it consists of a collection of temples scattered in several points.
Characteristics:
In terms of quality, Batujaya temple on the site in general is not complete most of the buildings of the temple. Temple buildings are found only in the legs or base of the building, except the remaining buildings on the site Blandongan Temple.
The Temples are mostly still in the soil mound-shaped hill (also known as Unur in Sundanese and Javanese). Apparently these temples did not show the size or height of the same building.
7. Barelang Temple
Barelang Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Riau, Indonesia. This temple complex is located in the village of precisely Barelang, District XIII Koto Kampar Regency or the distance is approximately 135 kilometers from the city of Pekanbaru, Riau. The distance between this temple complex in the village center Barelang approximately 2.5 miles and not far from the edge of the Kampar River Right.
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8. Sumberawan Temple
Sumberawan temple is only a stupa, located in District Singosari. With a distance of about 6 km from Singosari Temple. This temple is a relic Singhasari and used by Buddhists at the time.
Temple is located in the village Sumberawan Toyomarto, Sub Singosari, Malang regency, + / - 6 Km, on the Northwest side of Singosari Temple, this temple is made of andesite stone the size of P. L. 6.25 m 6.25 m T. 5.23 m was built at an altitude of 650 mdpl, in the foothills of Mount Arjuna. The scene around the temple is very beautiful because it is located near a very clear lake water. This situation gives the name Rawan Temple.
Characteristics:
This temple consists of leg and body-shaped stupa. On the shelf there is a high temple hall, the foot of a viewer at the temple has four sides. At the foot of the temple stands a stupa which consists of a square pedestal, and the octagonal pedestal with cushion Padma, was the top-shaped clappers (stupa) which has lost its peak.
9. Brahu Temple
Characteristics:
Brahu Temple is the kiln (crematorium) remains Brawijaya kings. Surprisingly in the study, no one expert who had discovered the bodies in the ashes of the former chambers of the temple. Especially after the restoration of the temple was done in 1990 until 1995.
10. Sewu Temple
Sewu Temple is a Buddhist temple in the temple complex of Prambanan (only a few hundred meters from the main temple Roro Jonggrang). Temple Sewu (thousand) is expected to be built at the time of the ancient Mataram kingdom by the king Rakai Panangkaran (746 to 784). Sewu Temple is the largest Buddhist temple complex after Borobudur temple, while the temple of Roro Jonggrang is patterned Hindu temple.
According to local folk legend, the temple was numbered 999, made by a powerful character named Bandung Bondowoso in just one night only, as a prerequisite to be able to marry Roro Jonggrang goddess. But it failed because of his desire at dawn, the amount is still less than one.
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