Address: Prambanan, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Construction started: 850 AD
Opened: 856 AD
Prambanan is not included in our tour package and we
had to pay a million rupiah to join this tour. Of
course I paid up because we had come all the way to
Jogjakarta and the trip would not be complete without this
iconic temple. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site
Before you go to the Temple proper you are treated to tea
and cakes...with tea cups with the Prambanan logo
Rising above the steps are 3 intrepid travellers ready to conquer the sights and sounds of Prambanan.
The rocks in the foreground are the results of destruction during one of the many earthquakes....
As usual, our tour guide gave us background info on the temple...he was quite knowledgeable.
Look at gigantic carving perched on top of the arch....it was so awesome we had to stand under it for a photo
Nice, right?
boggles the mind how they lifted the blocks o f carving and stacked them on top of each other....so many years ago!!!
Can you notice a climber in orange among the carvings?
There!!!! He is cleaning and dusting the Garuda face.
Other workers diligently cleaning the crevices, part of the day's job.
I love this shady tree with interlocking trunks, so romantic.
Inside every grotto is a shrine and we can pray accordingly to ask for whatever the shrine stands for
I have actually forgotten what this shrine is!
I can only remember this: because tour guide says we must grope her breast!
He said that after groping her breast, you can wish for fuller, cuter and shapelier boobs like hers!!!
So, we left after dutifully visiting each temple.
Prambanan Temple Compounds presents the grandiose culture of Siva art as a masterpiece of the classical period in Indonesia, and the region.
The Hindu temples are decorated with reliefs illustrating the Indonesian version of the Ramayana epic which are masterpieces of stone carvings. These are surrounded by hundreds of shrines that have been arranged in three parts showing high levels of stone building technology and architecture from the 8th century AD in Java. With over 500 temples, Prambanan Temple Compounds represents not only an architectural and cultural treasure, but also a standing proof of past religious peaceful cohabitation.
These carvings are miraculously intact even after so many thousand of years...
while some of these have eroded.
Can you spot a worker climbing to the top of the temple for maintenance work? you have to take your hats off to him!
Dangerous and perilous!
Waiting for the tour guide to continue the contnuing story of the Ramayana saga or epic...it's EPIC!!!
Every block of picture carving (bas relief) depicts stories from the Ramayana and our tour guide was very diligent in telling the continuing story of Rama and his wife Sita...to my husband!
The bas-relief of Ramayana illustrate how Sita, the wife of Rama, is abducted by Ravana. The monkey king Hanuman brings his army to help Rama and rescue Sita
The bas-relief of Ramayana illustrate how Sita, the wife of Rama, is abducted by Ravana. The monkey king Hanuman brings his army to help Rama and rescue Sita
My history book when I was a kid showed pictures of these too, can't believe I can actually visit one.
My daughter said "Look Mummy!!!!! Ancient molest!" well, she does not know about Kamasutra, or does she?
Show you a bigger picture of the boob grope.
Even this man was not spared from the sarong ruling!
nice sarong!!
on leaving the temple ground, the tour guide alerted us to the picture of the Merapi volcano ...so clear today!
Deadly Mount Merapi.
so, we lfet the ancient temple of Prambanam
Even the trees wore batik!
And the Ramayana epic is staged in a Ballet too
Soon, we can add Prambanan into our bucket list.
