Kalasan temple is located 50 meters to the south of Road Yogya - Solo, precisely in Kalibening, Tirtomartani Village, District Kalasan, Sleman, Yogyakarta.
Based on 778 bertarikh Kalasan inscriptions were found not far from this temple mentioned the establishment of a shrine to honor the female Bodhisattva, Tarabhawana and a monastery for the priests. Rulers who ruled the construction of this temple is named Maharaja Tejapurnapana Panangkaran (Rakai Panangkaran) of the Syailendra's family. Then the ratio of the manuscript in the inscription Kelurak figures can be identified by Dharanindra or by Nalanda inscription is the father of Samaragrawira. So this temple can be evidence of the presence of Wangsa Syailendra, rulers of Sriwijaya in Sumatra, Java.
The building of the temple which has 34 meters height, length and width of 45 meters is composed of three parts, namely the bottom or foot of the temple, the temple and temple roof. The lowest part of the temple is the base of the temple which stood on a stone pedestal square form with a size of 45 meters and a width shelf. In this section there is a staircase entrance is decorated with makara at the top of the stairs. Around the foot of the temple there are decorative tendrils coming out of a flower pot or vase.
The temple square with some appearance that juts out in the middle side. In the southeast there is a chamber that can be entered through the east side of the chamber viewer. Inside the chamber there is a throne decorated with patterns lean lion standing on the back of an elephant. On the outside of the temple there is a niche decorated with the figure of the god figure in a standing position by holding a lotus flower.
At each entrance, from the north and south, there are decoration Kala. At the 'Jengger' are decorative flower buds, leaves and tendrils. The top of a tree decorated with paintings of Gods and its occupants Khayangan cloud, playing the sounds of which the carrier drum, fiddle, shellfish and camara. The roof of the temple there is a cube that is considered as the summit of nearby Mount Semeru, there are several stupas.
The boundary between the temple's roof and there flower heaven bodied creatures called dwarf gana. The roof of this temple is octagonal and consist of two levels. On each side at the first level there are statues depicting Buddha and the Buddhist people in the two portray Yani Buddha. For example Yani Buddha Ratnasembawa located on the south side. The top of the possibility of a stupa, but to no avail reconstructed because many stones that have been lost.
Around the temple there is a stupa with a height of approximately 4.60 and amounted to 52 pieces. Stupas can not be rebuilt because it has many stones are missing. The specialty of this temple is on the surface of the stone there is a layer called Brajalepha.
To see and get some more information about our Kalasan temple waiting your arrival at Kalasan, Sleman regency, Yogyakarta.
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