Prambanan Temple

This temple is the full form of elegance and is known as one of Indonesia's cultural icons. Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple in Southeast Asia.

It is not far from Borobudur like to point out to you about the harmony between the Buddhists and Hindus in Java not only in the past but also the present.

The temple is known by locals as Jonggrang, has a legend. That long ago there was a young man who was very powerful and the powerful who want to marry a beautiful princess named Roro Jonggrang. The king is also the father of the princess was forced to marry Bondowoso, Roro Jonggrang did not love him but can not resist. After going through the thought being that long, he finally gave one condition to Bondowoso to build 1000 temples and promised to marry him if terms could be completed before dawn.

Roro Jonggrang requested that the work is completed before the cock crows he thought of as something that is impossible. But the magic Bondowoso nearly 999 temples can complete with the help of jinns and strength. Roro Jonggrang also asked the women in the village to start hitting the chicken rice that woke up and began to crow. Bondowoso very disappointed with the treatment Jonggrang, then transform into rock Jonggrang now known as Prambanan temple, while the temple in the vicinity called the Thousand Sewu or temple.

Temple was built the 9th century, dedicated to the god Shiva, the destroyer, and two in each side dedicated to Lord Brahma, the creator god, and the god Vishnu, the god of keepers. The tallest temple tower as high as 47 meters among other temples in the vicinity.

Prambanan was rediscovered by a Dutch citizen named CA Lons in 1733 after hundreds of years of neglect. This temple has undergone restoration and is now known as the Prambanan Hindu temple in Indonesia, the most beautiful.

The beauty and complexity of the architecture of Prambanan Temple as a very charming building crowned as world heritage site by UNESCO in 1991.