Borobudur Temple Compounds
Borobudur Temple Compounds | |
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Native name Indonesian: Kompleks Candi Borobudur | |
Location | Magelang, Central Java |
Coordinates | 7°36′29″S 110°12′14″E / 7.608°S 110.204°E |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | i, ii, vi |
Designated | 1991 (15th session) |
Reference no. | 592 |
Region | Southeast Asia |
Includes | Borobudur Mendut Pawon |
Borobudur Temple Compounds is the
Approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of
Alignment
During restoration in the early 20th century, it was discovered that three Buddhist temples in the region, Borobudur, Pawon and Mendut, fall on a straight line.[2] This may be coincidence, but is in agreement with a native folk tale that there was an ancient brick road from Borobudur to Mendut with walls on both sides. The three temples have similar architecture and ornamentation, which suggests a ritual relationship between them to form a sacred unity, although the exact ritual process is unknown.[3]
Museums
There are two museums within Borobudur Temple Compounds, Karmawibhangga Museum and Samudra Raksa Museum.
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Other archaeological sites
Other
Ngawen temple is found to the east of Mendut temple.
The ruin of Banon temple, a Hindu temple, is several hundred meters north of Pawon temple. It could not be reconstructed because many stones are missing, but several stone statues of Hindu gods were found in good condition. Those of Vishnu, Brahma, Shiva, and Ganesha are now at the National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta.
See also
- Angkor
- Buddhism in Indonesia
- Candi of Indonesia
- Greater India
- Gunung Padang Megalithic Site, in Western Java, part of which was developed during the Sunda Kingdom
- Hinduism in Java
- History of Indian influence on Southeast Asia
- Indonesian Esoteric Buddhism
- Prambanan Temple Compounds, UNESCO heritage listed 6th to 9th century CE Hindu temple in Central Java built by Shailendra dynasty of Mataram Kingdom
- Sunda Kingdom, Sundanese Hindu kingdom from 669 to 1579 CE in western and central Java including Gunung adang site.
Notes
- ^ Soekmono (1976), page 1.
- ^ N. J. Krom (1927). Borobudur, Archaeological Description. The Hague: Nijhoff. Archived from the original on 17 August 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
- ^ J. L. Moens (1951). "Barabudur, Mendut en Pawon en hun onderlinge samenhang (Barabudur, Mendut and Pawon and their mutual relationship)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor de Indische Taai-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen: 326–386. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-10.
trans. by Mark Long
- doi:10.2307/3350886.
External links
- Geographic data related to Borobudur Temple Compounds at OpenStreetMap