Plaosan Temple, Twin Temple in Yogyakarta

You need not hurry back to the lodge after a visit to Prambanan Temple, for not far from the Hindu temple in the world that you will also find other temples that same situation. Go to the north as far as 1 km, you will find Plaosan Temple, a temple built by Rakai edges to permaisurinya, Pramudyawardani. Located in the Hamlet Bugisan Kecamatan Prambanan temple architecture is a mix of Hindu and Buddhist.

Plaosan complex is divided into 2 groups, namely Plaosan Temple and the Temple Lor Plaosan Kidul. Both the temples have quadrangular terrace surrounded by the wall, where semedi shaped depot in the western part of the stupa and the other side. Because of the similarities, the performance Plaosan Temple Lor and Kidul almost similar when viewed from far away, so until now Plaosan Temple is also often called the twin temple.

The temple buildings have Plaosan Lor middle of the page, surrounded by walls with the entrance in the west. In the middle of the page there is the size of 19 mx 21.62 m. In the east there are 3 pieces of the altar, the altar north, east and south. Overview Amitbha, Ratnasambhava, Vairochana, and there are Aksobya altar in the east. Stupa Samantabadhara and figures Ksitigarbha altar in the north, while there is a picture of Manjusri in the western altar.

The temple also has Plaosan Kidul in the middle of a small temple surrounded by 8 that is divided into 2 levels and each level consists of 4 temples. There is also an illustration Tathagata Amitbha, Vajrapani with the attributes vajra on utpala and Prajnaparamita which is considered as the "mother of all Buddha." Some other images can still be found, but not in the place of the original. Figure Manujri that according to a Dutch scientist named Krom is significant also found.

Bas relief of the temple has a unique illustration of men and women. There is a man who described the middle segment is same as sitting with hands and worship the figures of men with hands vara mudra and vase at the foot of the six men surrounded a smaller. A woman is depicted standing with hands vara mudra, while around him there are books, pallet and vase. Krom argues that the figures of men that women are an illustration patron supporter of the two wihara.

The entire temple complex has 116 Plaosan stupa perwara and 50 ancillary temples. Stupa perwara can be seen in all the main temple, and also ancillary temples that size is smaller. When running to the north, you can see the building open called Mandapa. Two prasati also can be found, the inscription on a gold chip in the north of the main temple and the inscription written on a stone in the first line of ancillary temples.

One peculiarity Plaosan Temple terrace surface is smooth. Krom holds the core of this temple is different with the core of other temples built in the same period. According to him, it was associated with the usual functions of the temple is alleged to save the text-text kanonik owned by the curate of Buddha. Other allegations came from the Dutch scientists, if the number of priestly in the region is so little terrace that may be used as a wihara (where people worship Buddha).

If you look around the temple, you will know that Plaosan Temple is a vast complex of temples. It can be seen from the circumference of the fence along the 460 m from north to south and 290 m from east to west, the interior fence, which also consists of trenches along the 440 m from north to south and 270 m from east to west. Drainage of preparing the interior of the fence can be seen with a walk to the east side pass through the middle of this historic building.

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