 kyoub's Java Travelogues | | | | Title [Click to view] | Travel Year | Pictures | | Monastery on the hill | October, 2001 |  6 | | The Prambanan Temples | October, 2001 | 3 |
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| Page Views: 58 Last Visit to Java: October, 2001 | The Prambanan Temples by kyoub - last update: Jul 5, 2005 |
Today, Prambanan is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the largest Hindu temples in south-east Asia. It is characterised by its tall and pointed architecture, typical for the hindu temple architecture, and by the 47m high central building inside a large complex of individual temples |
|  | The Shiva shrine is the tallest building. At the center contains four chambers, one in every cardinal direction. While the first contains a three meter high statue of Shiva, the other three contain smaller statues of Durga, his wife, Agastya, his teacher, and Ganesha, his son. |
| | In front of each main temple is a smaller candis on the east side, dedicated to the mounts of the respective god - the bull Nandi for Shiva, the gander Angsa for Brahma, and Vishnus Eagle Garuda, which serves as the national symbol of Indonesia |
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| kyoub's Java Travelogues | | | | Title [Click to view] | Travel Year | Pictures | | Monastery on the hill | October, 2001 | 6 | | The Prambanan Temples | October, 2001 | 3 |
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hopang Mon Jun 22, 2009 16:00 UTC
Lovely Java page with excellent photographs! Java certainly is a great tourist destination. Borobudur and Prambanan Temples certainly look amazing. Thanks for sharing. We hope to visit the island of Java one day. ~ho & pang | Nemorino Tue Mar 24, 2009 23:46 UTC
I'm glad to hear that everyone was so friendly, despite the demonstrations. That sounds like a very unique Sheraton Hotel where you can see one of the most active volcanoes in the world. | dabidc Sun Feb 22, 2009 18:15 UTC
Travel is great for broadening the mind, for strengthening the legs and viewing stupendous examples of fantastic temples and meeting the people of the Country.Thanks for the insightful info. | LoriPori Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:45 UTC
What an exotic place to visit. The Prambanan Temples are especially impressive. |
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