Prambanan Temple, Indonesia. Located in central Java, Indonesia, at a border of Yogyakarta and Central Java. Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple compound in Indonesia. As an UNESCO World Heritage Site, Prambanan is also the one of the largest Hindu temples in south-east Asia. Prambanan is characterised by its tall and pointed architecture, typical of Hindu temple architecture, and by the 47m high central building inside a large complex of individual temples. Built around 850 CE by either Rakai Pikatan, king of the second Mataram dynasty, or Balitung Maha Sambu, during the Sanjaya Dynasty. (wikipedia).
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December 4, 2007 | Under: heritage, yogyakarta — meds @ 7:53 am | Comments (0)
Indonesia have one of seven amazing worlds , Borobudur. Though, on recent survey, Borobudur is no loger listed, but Borobudur is still amazing. Borobudur Temple is one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world. This colossal relic of Borobudur Temple was built by Sailendra dynasty between 750 and 842 AD; 300 years before Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, 400 years before work had begun on the great European cathedrals.
In Indonesia temples are known as candi, thus “Borobudur Temple” is locally known as Candi Borobudur. The term candi is also used more loosely to describe any ancient structure, for example, gates and bathing structures. The origins of the name Borobudur however are unclear, although the original names of most ancient Indonesian temples are no longer known. The name ‘Borobudur’ was first written in the Sir Thomas Raffles book on Java history. Raffles wrote about a monument called borobudur, but there are no older documents suggesting the same name. The only old Javanese manuscript that hints at the monument as a holy Buddhist sanctuary is Nagarakertagama, written by Mpu Prapanca in 1365.
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November 27, 2007 | Under: heritage, yogyakarta — meds @ 9:18 am | Comments (1)
If you plan to visit Indonesia, one place not to forget is Yogyakarta, a special region. Jogja, market branding of Yogyakarta, and Joga Never Ending Asia. It is renowned as a center of classical Javanese fine art and culture such as batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry and puppet shows. So Jogja is called as “kOta Budaya” Cultural City.
It is also famous as a center for Indonesian higher education. The site of several major universities, Yogyakarta is also recognized as an educational city. The north of the city, Sleman, is home to Gadjah Mada University, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Indonesia. Other famous universities in Yogyakarta are
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Universitas Atmajaya Yogyakarta, Institut Sains dan Teknologi AKPRIND - Yogyakarta, Indonesian Institute of the Arts - Yogyakarta, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Universitas Sanata Dharma, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Yogyakarta, STIE YKPN, Sekolah Tinggi Teknologi Nasional [STTNAS dahulu ATNAS] yogyakarta,and Duta Wacana Christian UniversityUniversitas Teknologi Yogyakarta].
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November 5, 2007 | Under: vacation, yogyakarta — meds @ 6:45 am | Comments (3)
