CANDI SEWU

temple in central java indonesia this temple is located in Bugisan Village, Prambanan District, Klaten Regency, about 1.5 km to the east of Sewu Temple. This temple is an ancient building complex which is divided into two, the Plaosan Lor temple complex (lor in the Java language means north) and Plaosan Kidul Temple complex (kidul in Java means south). The sculptures in Plaosan Temple are very smooth and detailed, similar to those found in Borobudur Temple, Sewu Temple, and Sari Temple Plaosan Temple which is a Buddhist temple by the experts estimated to be built during the reign of Rakai Pikatan of the Hindu Mataram Kingdom, which is at the beginning of the 9th century AD. One of the experts who support that opinion is De Casparis who holds the contents of Inscription Cri Kahulunan (842 M). In the inscription is stated that the Temple of Plaosan Lor built by Queen Sri Kahulunan, with the support of her husband. According to De Casparis, Sri Kahulunan is the title of Pramodhawardani, the daughter of King Samarattungga of Shailendra House. The Princess, who embraced Buddhism, married Rakai Pikatan from the Sanjaya House, who embraced Hinduism. Another opinion about the construction of Plaosan Temple is that the temple was built before the reign of Rakai Pikatan. According to Anggraeni, the meaning of Sri Kahulunan is Rakai Garung's mother who ruled Mataram before Rakai Pikatan. Rakai Pikatan government period is too short to be able to build a temple as Plaosan Temple. Rakai Pikatan built an ancillary temple after the construction of the main temple. In October 2003, in the complex near Perwara Temple in Plaosan Kidul temple complex was found an inscription that is estimated to date from the 9th century AD Inscription made of gold plate measuring 18.5 X 2.2 cm. it contains written in Sanskrit written using ancient Javanese letters. The contents of the inscription are still unknown, but according to Tjahjono Prasodjo, the epigraph assigned to read them, the inscription reinforces the notion that Plaosan Temple was built during the reign of Rakai Pikatan. Plaosan Lor Plaosan Lor Temple is an extensive enshrinement complex. In the front (west) complex of Plaosan Lor there are two pairs of Dwarapala statues facing each other, a pair located at the north entrance and a pair at the south entrance. Each of these man-height statues is in a sitting position on his right leg folded with his left leg bent in front of the body. His right hand holds a mace, while the left hand passes over the left knee. In the northern courtyard there is a square stone terrace surrounded by a row of boulders. Allegedly the stone terrace is a place to put offerings. It is said that on the terrace there was a building of wood, while on top of each peduncle was a statue of Dhyani Buddha. A similar but smaller-sized terrace is also located south of the Plaosan Lor Temple complex. In the north of Plaosan temple complex there are also 6 large stupas. In the center of Plaosan Lor temple complex there are two two-story building which is the main temple. Both buildings are facing west and each is surrounded by a stone fence. The stone walls that surround each of the main temples are surrounded by ancestral temples that originally numbered 174, consisting of 58 small temples berdenah square base and 116 buildings in the form of a stupa. Seven temples line up on each north and south side of each main temple, 19 temples line east or behind both main temples, while 17 more temples line up in front of the two main temples. Almost all the perwara temples are currently in a state of disintegration. plaosan11a_rifa.jpgplaosan11b_rifa.jpg In every corner of the ancillary temple there is still another small temple surrounded by two rows of pedestals that are also interspersed with a small temple again in every corner. On the western side of the stone fence surrounding each of the main buildings there is a gate of gurura paduraksa, with roofs adorned with small rows of crowns. The top of the gate roof is square with a small crown on it. Each of the main temple buildings stood on the feet about 60 cm tall without the corridor that surrounds his body. The ladder to the door is fitted with a staircase that has a dragon headdress on its base. The door frame was decorated with floral sculptures and tendrils. Above the threshold there is a headless Kala without a lower jaw. Along the outer walls of the bodies the two main temples are decorated by reliefs depicting men and women who are standing in size close to the true human size. Relief on the walls of the temple in the south depicts the man, while in the temple in the north