Not
all temples have typical, beautiful relief since generally they are
decorated with statues and general relief as those found in almost all
other temples. One of the temples with specific, beautiful relief is
Gampingan, a temple that was incidentally found by a brick craftsman in
Gampingan Village, Piyungan, Bantul in 1995. Small and incomplete,
Gampingan temple is still rich in the enchanting relief.
Going
along the street leading to the southern part of Queen Boko Palace
complex is such an exciting journey, especially for cultural tourism
lovers. The reason is that there are so many temples mushrooming in
that area. One of them that is rarely talked about is Candi Ijo or Ijo
Temple; one temple of which location is the highest compared to other
temples in Yogyakarta.
The local inhabitant discovered the Gebang temple in November 1936 in a
form of Ganesha statue. Based on the finding, the Archeological
Services began to investigate, resulting that the Ganesha statue should
not stand alone, but a part of a building. To follow up the results, a
digging up around the location of the Ganesha statue began. Ruins of
temple roof were found on which a little part of the body and the base
appeared to be intact. After the digging, an experiment on its
previous construction was carried out. It initiated the reconstruction
even though some substituting stones were used for a part of the body.
The restoration of the Gebang temple was carried out from 1937 to 1939,
led by Prof. Dr. Ir. Van Romondt. Description of the building of Candi Gebang (Gebang Temple) The
squared building of 5.25 x 5.25 m and 7.75 in height has a high
proportion of the feet without any relief on it (plain). There is no
entrance stairs, or it is probably made of
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Pawon Temple is one and half kilometers westward from Mendut Temple and eastward from Borobudur Temple, it is also a Buddhist temple. When appreciating in detail, its sculpture is the beginning of Borobudur sculpture. Pawon
Temple is not a grave but as a place to keep King Indra's weapon namely
Vajranala. This temple was built with volcanic stones. Architecturally
it is a blend of old Javanese Hindu and Indian art. Pawon temple is
exactly in the central point of the straight line stretched from Borobudur to Mendut Temple. Perhaps
it was built for kubera. It is on a wide rather terrace with steps. All
parts are decorated with stupa(s) on dagoba(s) and its outside walls
with symbolic pictures.
Candi Mendut (Mendut Temple) is 3 kilometers eastward from Borobudur Temple. It is a Buddhist temple, built in 824 A.D. by King Indera of Cailendra dynasty. There are three big statues inside, they are: Cakyamuni sitting in cross legged pose with dharma cakra mudra (= turning the wheel of dharma hand pose) Awalokiteswara,
a bodhi satwa as human being helper.Awalokiteswara is a statue with
Amitabha on her crown, Vajrapani. She is holding a red lotus and put on
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Most
people will mention Borobudur when talking about Buddhism temples.
Whereas, there are many other Buddhism temples in Yogyakarta; one of
them that is closely related to Borobudur is Tara temple. This temple
that is located in Kalibening village in Kalasan was built by the same
person who conceptualized Borobudur temple, namely Rakai Panangkaran.
Since it is located in Kalasan area, this temple is popular with the
name of Kalasan temple.
Who
does not know Borobudur? This Buddhist temple has 1460 relief panels
and 504 Buddha effigies in its complex. Millions of people are eager to
visit this building as one of the World Wonder Heritages. It is not
surprising since architecturally and functionally, as the place for
Buddhists to say their prayer, Borobudur is attractive.
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