Monday, March 23, 2009

Travel to Prambanan Temple, Refreshing Your Eyes

If you think that Indonesia just have one the famous temple (Borobudur ), its means that you are wrong. Indonesia Have many temple in their country. One of their temple is the Prambanan temple. Candi Roro Jonggrang ( Roro Jonggrang Temple ) or famously called Lara Jonggrang, is complex of Hindu’s temple which located on Prambanan, Indonesia. This temple actually located on Java islands, its about 20 km eastern from Yogyakarta, 40 km western from Surakarta, and its about 120 km Southern from Semarang city. Prambanan temple is the biggest of Hindusm complex temple in Indonesian country, and also in south east of asia too. The main building have a 47 meters long. You can imagine that Prambanan temple one of the kind of tall temple.

This building was built in 850th ( possibly ) by one of these men : Rakai Pikatan ( the second nd king of Mataram I ) or Balitung Maha Sambu. Not long after this building was built, this temple was not kept and have broken. Now , Pambanan temple have protected by UNESCO since 1991, This complex have a protection and a special status, protected from war situation.

Prambanan temple have eight main temple in their complex , and more than 250 small temple around this complex. You can imagine that this complex is wide, full of temple. Along you are walking in their complex , you can see many temple. It’s the reason that Prambanan have called a complex of temple.

Cause many bad situation, making the temple were broken. In 2006, there was an earthquake with 5,9 Richter Scale , making the temple is broken. Many people were die on this disaster . One of the temple is broken , actually Brahma temple. Many part of temple was renocationed using new stones. Cause the old stone have stolen or used for another place. One of temple will be renocationing if 75 % of the temple stone still standing. Because of it , many temple have no renocationing and Just visible its foundation.

Of course ……, like a Borobudur temple , Prambanan have high quality history for learning , if you like a history , not just learning , but better you travel to prambanan temple for more information about this temple, and you will get a beautifully natural temple , with their own history and some parade near this temple.




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