prambanan temple

merbabu > In the year 1733, this temple is found by CA. Lons a Dutch citizen, and in the year 1855, Jan Willem IJzerman start to clean and move some rocks and soil from the temple room. some time later Isaac Groneman perform large-scale destruction and the temple stones are stacked in haphazard along River Opak. In the year 1902-1903, Theodoor van ERP maintain that the collapse-prone. In the years 1918-1926, followed by ancient Jawatan (Oudheidkundige Dienst) in the bottom of the PJ Perquin with a more methodical and systematic, as known to the preceding discharge and the transfer of thousands of miles without thinking about the restoration effort back. In the year 1926 was extended until De Haan died in 1930. In the year 1931 was replaced by Ir. V.R. van Romondt until the year 1942 and then submitted it to the renovation of the son of Indonesia and continue until the year 1993. 



Many parts of the temple is renovated, the new stone, because the original stones are stolen or re-used elsewhere. A temple will be renovated only when at least 75% original stone is still there. Thus, many small temples, the temple was built not only look back and fondasinya only. 

Now, this temple is a protected site by UNESCO started in 1991. Among other things this means that the complex is protected and has a special status, eg also in situations of war. 

Prambanan is a Hindu temple in Southeast Asia, the main building is high 47m. 



This temple complex consists of 8 major temple or shrine, and more than 250 small temples. 

Three main temple called Trisakti and Hyang be devoted to the Trinity: the crusher Batara Siwa, Wisnu Batara the affairs and Brahma the Creator Batara. 



Siwa Temple in the middle, a four room, one room in each direction of the wind. While the first load an image Batara Siwa as three meters, the three other image-size statue which is smaller, the Durga iconography, sacred or Batara Siwa wife, Agastya, teachers, and Ganesa, son. 

Durga statue is also known as Rara or Lara / Loro Jongrang (slender virgin) by the local people. To be able to see the full article Loro Jonggrang. 

Two other temples Batara be devoted to Vishnu, which is facing to the north and one to be Batara Brahma, facing south. In addition there are several other small temples that are to the calf Nandini, vehicle Batara Siwa, the Angsa, vehicle Batara Brahma, and the Garuda, Vishnu Batara vehicle. 



And the relief around the edge twenty temples reflect wiracarita Ramayana. Version described here is different from the ancient Javanese Ramayana, but similar to the Ramayana story is revealed through oral tradition. In addition, this temple complex is surrounded by more than 250 temples of varying size and called perwara. In the Prambanan temple complex, there is also a museum store historical objects, including stone god Siwa Lingga, as a symbol of fertility.