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7/01/2013

TUGAS 8


Nama : Ratri syabandini
NPM  : 16212048
Kelas : 1EA10



                     Prambanan Temple

         I'll tell you about one of the cultures that came from my hometown in Klaten, Central Java, Prambanan Temple. Let see ^^

        Prambanan temple or Rara Jonggrang temple is the largest Hindu temple complex in Indonesia, which was built in the 9th century AD. This temple is dedicated to Trimurti, the three main Hindu gods are Brahma the creator god, Vishnu as the preserver god, and Shiva the god of destruction. Based on the inscription Siwagrha original name of this temple is Siwagrha (Sanskrit means 'house of Shiva'), and indeed in garbagriha (main room) this temple statue of Shiva Mahadeva dwells as high as three meters which showed that Lord Shiva in this temple are preferred.

       The temple is situated in the village of Prambanan, Java island, about 20 kilometers east of Yogyakarta, 40 kilometers west of Surakarta and 120 kilometers south of Semarang, just on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta. Jonggrang Rara Candi Prambanan is located in the village whose territory is divided between the districts of Sleman and Klaten.

       This temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia, and one of the most beautiful temples in Southeast Asia. Architecture of this building height and slender shaped in accordance with Hindu architecture in general, with the temple of Shiva as the main temple has a height reaching 47 meters in the center of the complex cluster of towering temples smaller. As one of the grandest temples in Southeast Asia, Prambanan temple is the main attraction of tourists from all over the world.

       According Siwagrha inscriptions, this temple was built around the year 850 AD by Rakai Pikatan, and continue to be developed and expanded by Balitung Maha Sambu, during the Mataram kingdom Medang.

Temple complex

       Architectural model of the Prambanan temple complex reconstruction, there are 240 temples originally stood in this complex.

       The entrance to the building complex located at the four corners of the wind direction, but the direction toward this building is to the east, the temple's main entrance is the east gate. Prambanan temple complex consists of:

3 Temple Trimurti: Shiva temple, Vishnu, and Brahma
3 Candi rides: Nandi temple, Garuda, and Geese
2 Apit Temple: located between rows of Trimurti temples and temples rides in the north and south
4 Temple color: located in the 4 corners of the wind just inside the entrance to the inner courtyard or the core zone
4 Temple Stakes: located at the 4 corners of the pages or the core zone
Perwara 224: arranged in four concentric rows of temples the number of rows to    deepest outer: 44, 52, 60, and 68

So there are a total of 240 temples in Prambanan complex.

       Originally there were 240 big and small temples in Prambanan temple complex. [12] But now only 18 temples, namely the 8 main temples and eight small temples in the core zone and 2 ancillary temples. Many ancillary temples are not restored, of 224 ancillary temples only 2 that have been restored, which left only a pile of stones scattered about. Prambanan temple complex consists of three zones: the first is the outer zone, second the middle zone that consists of hundreds of temples, the third is in a zone which is the zone of the holiest places eight main temples and eight small shrines.

       Prambanan temple complex sectional plan is based on a square of land yan consists of three parts or zones, each zone is bordered pages wall of stones. Outer zone is marked with a square fence on each side along the 390 meters, with the orientation of the Northeast - Southwest. Unless the remaining southern gate, another gate and wall sections of this temple is much missing. The function of the outer courtyard is not known; possibility is sacred park land, or dormitory complex Brahmin and his disciples. Maybe once the building standing outer courtyard is made of wood, so it had rotted and destroyed anything left.

        Prambanan temple is one of the largest Hindu temples in Southeast Asia than Angkor Wat. Three main temple called Trimurti and dedicated kepadantiga main god Trimurti: Shiva the Destroyer, Vishnu the Preserver and Brahma the Creator. Shiva in this temple complex are preferred and more exalted than the other two god Trimurti. Shiva temple as well as the main building of the largest and highest, 47 meters tall.