Buddhist Temple
The uniqueness Temple of Kalasan in Indonesia. Kalasan or Kalibening temple is a temple which is categorized as a Buddhist temple located in the village of Kalasan, Sleman regency, Yogyakarta province, Indonesia. The temple has 52 stupas and were on the side of the highway between Yogyakarta and Solo, and about 2 km from the Prambanan temple. At first only Kalasan is found in the area of the site, but once dug deeper then found more buildings ancillary buildings around the temple is. In addition to building Kalasan and other supporting buildings there are also three small temples outside the main temple building, shaped stupas.
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| The temple has 52 stupas and were on the side of the highway between Yogyakarta and Solo, and about 2 km from the Prambanan temple |
Based Kalasan inscription is dated 778 were found not far from this temple mentioned the establishment of a sacred building to honor the female Bodhisattva, Tarabhawana and a monastery for the pastor. That ruler govern construction of the temple was named Maharaja Tejapurnapana Panangkaran (Panangkaran) of the family dynasty. Then the comparison of manuscripts in the inscription Kelurak this figure can be identified by Dharanindra or with the inscription Nalanda is the father of Samaragrawira. So that this temple may be evidence of the presence of the Syailendra dynasty, rulers of Srivijaya in Sumatra on Java.
Pre-lettered inscription Kalasan in Nagari, this Gaelic-speaking teachers mention the king Tejapurnapana Panangkaran of Syailaendra family managed to persuade the king to make the building and its sacred to the goddess Tara monastery for pendera as a gift from the Sangha.
Professor Dr Casparis. based inscription Kalasan interpret it, Kalasan built together between Buddhist and Hindu. Meanwhile Van Rumond, historian of the Dutch believe that in the same site ever existed other sacred buildings are much older age than Kalasan, according to the results of research done in 1928. The holy building was shaped monasteries which covers 45 x 45 meters. This means that the temple had three times improvement. As proof, he says, there is a temple with four corner legs protruding parts.
In the southern part of the temple are two reliefs Bodhisattva, while the roof is composed of three levels. Roof top there are eight rooms, two triangular roof level 8, while the roof bottom congruent with square-shaped temple incorporates 20 rooms on each side.
Some of the Features and Forms Kalasan
- In this Kalasan temple has a temple called overburden Bajralepa, which is a kind of stucco in fine stone carvings. Detail of the decoration of this Bajralepa which is one characteristic Kalasan, which is also found in Candi Sari.
- Kalasan plan of building a square. The roof is octagonal and a top shaped dagoba (stupa). The situation has been severely damaged. Only the southern part of which is still intact. Touted, formerly its chamber has a bronze statue 6 meters that is now missing. While the third cubicle was empty.
- Body and roof of the temple is decorated with carvings very beautiful. Consisting of recesses, tendrils, statues of Buddha, dagobas-dagobas and statues Gana, the dwarf potbellied usually carry goods.
- Regarding this decoration, Bernet Kempers in his book, Indonesia During the Hindu era, page 25, states that the way of making ornaments pretty neat and alluring shows that during the making of this temple sculptors and experts have very fine building plaster.
- Added by Bernet, Kalasan was once entirely covered by stucco, as well as other temples. While smoothing parts of the temple are added rock cover made of limestone.
- Inside the temple are visible now, there was an older construction. Therefore, some experts say that building present it is an additional structures in around the 9th century. The original building obviously has an older age than that.
- Plan Kalasan feet located in top of a square pedestal. The temple grounds also square. At the foot of the temple there makara. No garnish around the foot of the vase. Body temple squares with viewer-viewer that juts out in the middle of the side. Includes a decorated throne singha sekeor standing on the backs of elephants.
- The outside of the temple, there is a niche decorated with images of deities hold a lotus flower. At each entrance there are the comb Headdress when there are flower buds. Tree gods are on it and the inhabitants of heaven play sounds like fiddle, drums, shells and fir.
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| At each entrance there are the comb Headdress when there are flower buds. |
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| When the temple is seen from the inside, the temple is composed of a pile of rocks interrelated and widening downwards |
- Gana ornate roof temple there. Her roof is octagonal and the two storey. At the first level there is a statue of Buddha. At around the temple there is a 4.6 meter-high stupa as many as 52 pieces.
- The beauty of this Kalasan temple can still be enjoyed, especially in the southern part of the temple. There is a large Banaspati, lane perpendicular decorated with tendrils and-makara makara, which is included in the results of the Hindu Javanese art the best. Another specialty is 'Makara' facing in and out and over the head of Kala are shaped painting towering temple roof.
When the temple is seen from the inside, the temple is composed of a pile of rocks interrelated and widening downwards.
Though this temple was restored in 1927 and in 1929, but people will still find it difficult to see the beauty of this Kalasan. That's because there are parts that can not be forced to be put back together, because many -Stone original stone was missing.
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