4/02/2010

Indonesia Java International Destination | Borobudur and Prambanan Java

Indonesia Java International Destination. Indonesia is a country rich in heritage that can be used as tourism object. As we can visit on the island of Java Indonesia, there are many temples, museums, palace and other cultural heritage. Cuman not just travel, A more interesting again because each location has a history tour story (history) that can add their own knowledge and experience. Just visit the Borobudur and Prambanan.

Borobudur and Prambanan is a UNESCO world heritage temple located in Indonesia Java. Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple and the Hindu temple of Prambanan is the largest in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Both this temple is a relic of history and a remarkable Indonesia Java International Destination, Tourism Object.

Borobudur Glance

Borobudur temple is located at Borobudur, Magelang regency, Central Java Indonesia. Location temple approximately 100 kilometers in the south-west of Semarang and 40 kilometers northwest of Yogyakarta. This temple was founded by the Mahayana Buddhists around the year 800 AD during the reign of Sailendra dynasty.

History of Borobudur Indonesia Java by JG de Casparis in his dissertation in 1950 that Borobudur is a place of worship. Based on the inscriptions and Kahulunan Karangtengah, Casparis estimate founder mataram Borobudur is Sailendra dynasty kings named Samaratungga, who do construction around the year 824 AD. The giant new buildings can be completed at the time of her daughter, Queen Pramudawardhani. Development of Borobudur estimated half-century time-consuming. In Karangtengah inscription also mentioned about the granting of land sima (tax-free land) by Cri Kahulunan (Pramudawardhani) to maintain Kamulan called Bhumisambhara. Kamulan the term itself comes from the first word that means place of origin, shrine to honor the ancestors, possible ancestors of the dynasty Sailendra. Casparis estimates that Bhumi Sambhara Bhudhara in Sanskrit which means "Hill of the set of ten levels boddhisattwa virtue", is the original name of Borobudur (wikipedia).

Prambanan Glance

Candi Rara Jonggrang or Lara Jonggrang located in Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple complex in Indonesia. This temple is located in Indonesia Java, approximately 20 kilometers east of Yogyakarta, 40 kilometers west of Surakarta and 120 km south of Semarang, exactly on the border between the provinces of Central Java and Yogyakarta Special Region Indonesia. The temple Rara Jonggrang Prambanan is located in the village whose territory is divided between the districts of Sleman and Klaten. Prambanan Hindu temple even become the largest in Southeast Asia, The main building height is 47 meters and a tourist attraction Indonesia Java International Destination.

This temple was built in about the year 850 AD by one of these men, namely Rakai Pikatan, The second king of Mataram dynasty I or Balitung Maha Sambu, during the Sanjaya dynasty. Not long after construction, This temple was abandoned and began to corrupt. Prambanan temple complex consists of 8 temples and more than 250 small temples. Three main temples called Trisakti and dedicated to the hyang Trimurti: Shiva the Destroyer Batara, Batara Vishnu the Preserver and the Creator is Batara Brahma. Shiva temple in the middle, contains four rooms, one room in each direction of the wind. While the first contains a statue of Shiva Batara ten feet high, the other three statues contain a smaller size, statues of Durga, sakti or Batara wife Shiva, Agastya, teacher, and her son Ganesha. Durga is also known as Rara or Lara / Loro Jongrang (slender virgin) by the local population.In the Prambanan temple complex there is also a museum that keeps history objects, including the god Shiva Linga stone, as a symbol of fertility (wikipedia).

Indonesia Java International Destination

Historical tourism objects such as Borobudur and Prambanan, located in Indonesia's Java island is the choice for tourists, both locally and abroad. Starting from visitors with the aim of the research (to know) the origin or historical value to the viewer the beauty of the temple.

If you travel lovers of history, will make Indonesia Java your travel destination. There are many beautiful and historic heritage on the island of Java, but not complete if you do not set foot on historic sites such as Borobudur and Prambanan. On the wall (the building) will look different temple statues and reliefs depicting various stories that the historical value of the temple. In addition, you also see the construction of the temple which is a form of original arsitekstur Indonesia from prehistoric times.

Little has been written at least provide information about the historical attractions of the island of Java Indonesia. Traveling with the aim of Borobudur and Prambanan Temple will make your vacation a wonderful and unforgettable. For beauty and prehistoric heritage of Indonesia, an International destination. Tourist objects in Indonesia Java International Destination.