Archive for the ‘Prambanan’ Category
Merapi is the youngest in a group of volcanoes in southern Java. It is situated at a subduction zone, where the Indo-Australian Plate is sliding beneath the Eurasian Plate. It is one of at least 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia, part of the Pacific Ring of Fire – a section of fault lines stretching from [...]
Tags: Borobudur, Cetho, Java, java aura, Kota Gede, Mataram, Mendut, Merapi, Merbabu, Plaosan, Sangiran, Sukuh, sultan palace, Yogyakarta, yogyareizen
It was built around 850 CE by either Rakai Pikatan, king of the second Mataram dynasty, or Balitung Maha Sambu, during the Sanjaya Dynasty. Not long after its construction, the temple was abandoned and began to deteriorate. Reconstruction of the compound began in 1918. The main building was completed in around 1953. Much of the [...]
Categories: Prambanan, Yogyakarta
Tags: Agastya, Candi, Candi Kelir, Ganesha, Garuda, Nandi, Perwara, Prambanan, Rara Jonggrang, Shiva, Trimurti, Vishnu, Yogyakarta
