Friday, June 3, 2011
Temple prambanan
Prambanan is the masterpiece of Hindu culture from the 10th century.The building is slender and towering as high as 47 meters makes notertandingi.Candi architectural beauty of Prambanan is a stunningly beautiful building built in the 10th century during the reign of two kings,and Rakai Rakai Pikatan Balitung. Rose as high as 47 meters (5meters higher than Borobudur temple), the foundation of this templehas fulfilled the desire to show Hindu triumph in the land of Java. This temple is located 17 kilometers from the city center, in the middle of an area that now functions as beautiful park. There is a legend that Javanese people always tell about this temple.Once, a man named Bandung Bondowoso loved Roro Jonggrang.Because of his love, Jonggrang asked Bondowoso make 1000 temples with statues in one night. The request was nearly fulfilledJonggrang asked the villagers to pound rice and make a big fire that created an atmosphere like the morning. Bondowoso who only completed 999 statues cursed Jonggrang be a statue of the 1000because he felt cheated. Prambanan temple has three main temples in the primary yard, namely Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva. The three temples are a symbol of Trimurtiin Hindu belief. All of them face east. Each main temple has accompanying temple facing to the west, namely Nandini for Shiva,Swan to Brahma, and Garuda for Vishnu. In addition, there are 2temples wedge, 4 color temples and 4 corner temples. In the secondthere are 224 temples.
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