Sojiwan, Kelurak, Gatak,Watugudig, Banyonibo, Marundan, Bocem, Bugisan, Arca Gopula, Ijo, Barong, Dawungsari, Miri, Patung Ganesha.
The
temple, located in the village of Sojiwan, district of Kebondalem
Kidul, to 1 km in the south of Prambanan, was entirely cut up to
have gone up in conformity with the state of origin. I appreciate
really the fact that this country, in addition confronted with
quantities of problems, in particular financial, takes a care
particular to its archaeological inheritance. The number of
temples, even small and that nobody never visits and who are
however repaired is astonishing.
Built
790 to 810, it is a buddhistic monument, but it was in rather bad
condition a few years ago. One can despite everything see
decorated panels there, containing animal representations drawn
from Jataka . This temple of cruciform plan
is located in the line of the precedents. The principal
characteristic of this temple is the stone spout emerging from
the wall of the cella, and directed towards the statue of the god
in order to bathe it.
The site is approximately
500 meters before candi Sojiwan, in the south of the railway, in the
court of a school. There remain nothing any more but two yoni clearly indicating
the presence of a complex of shivaistic sanctuaries in this place.
In the south of
candi Kelurak is a vast zone, place of a very great complex of temples,
where one crosses stones everywhere coming
from all of these religious buildings now disappeared.
One can see here
in particular, examples of recoveries of the stones of the monuments by the
inhabitants, practical who was held over several centuries, and which explains
why 90% of the temples of Java disappeared.
On the photography top, one can see a long wall entirely made up of the stones of the temples.
On the photography of bottom, one sees another wall in which one even inserted a lingam cut in two pieces.
This site is at 100 m on the right side of the road leading to Ratu Boko, 100 m before the junction leading to Candi Banyunibo on the left.
In
fact it remains only what seems to be a dozen megalithic bases
which were certainly formerly used to carry the pillars of a roof
out of wooden.
This pretty temple is 1 km in the south of Ratu Boko. An indicative panel shows the way to take on the left side of the road. To follow this road until the end then the access path.
The
temple discovered in 1940, was ruined, and its rebuilding
finished in 1976. It is about a single building of 15 m 25 X 14 m
25, and of 14 m 25 top. Facing the west, it was surrounded by six
small temples in form of stupas positioned
in the south and in the west of the principal temple.
The base of the temple is ornamented with flower pots , symbol of
life and prosperity.
The
staircase of the entry is decorated with a Kala Makara ,
and the wings of the staircase are also decorated. The body of
the building is decorated on the four sides with figures
representing the ShaktI of the
Dhyâni-Buddha . The principal building has also two
windows on each sides decorated with figures representing the
Masters of the four axes. On the interior walls of the cella are
carved of Bodhisattva as well as other
buddhistic scenes.
In this temple one finds a statue of a goddess which has a counterpart nearly identical at Kandy in Sri Lanka.
The
thin remainders of this site are in the village of the same name,
located a little at the east of Candi Banyunibo.
Some small stone low walls announce the presence of a site on
this place.
The site is just in the north of the road axis Yogya Solo, in the village of Bogem, but there is no more to see. On the other hand, four large statues of Buddha coming from this site are visible in the Purbakala of Bogem, where quantities of statues are stored.
The place is especially
remarkable because of the 7 decapitated statues of Buddha which are abandoned
over there. Looking around very well, one will find some stones announcing the
presence of a religious site in this place there is more than 1000 years.
The
site is situated on the right side of the road carrying out to Candi
Ijo. One sees there in addition to a remainder of
ruined temple, several statues of the Buddha sitting
cross-legged, as well as a large statue of more than 2 m
representing Agastya.
Candi Ijo which is approximately 1 km after Arca Gopula, is presented in a great site of three terraces which are spread out in step one behind the other.
In
the first terrace, one sees the base of a temple opening in the
west. In the second terrace, one finds 4 structures of temples,
plus the remains of three others. In the third terrace, the large
temple which faces the west, and in front of which 3 small
temples are.
The
access to the temple is done by a staircase framed with a Kala
Makara . Niches, now empty, presented statues on the
four faces. The interior of the cella presents abeautiful lingam
/ yoni . Some stones present reliefs of celestial
characters like Apsara. Several objects
related to the funeral were found there and make think that this
temple would have been a cemetery.
Candi Barong is located at approximately 1 km as the crow flies, in the east of Ratu Boko, on the top of a plateau. A narrow and sinuous road climbs along the hills at back of Ratu Boko until the site of Candi Barong.
This
site, well released and arranged well, is at the same time
immense and imposing. A large platform formed of several terraces
surrounds a group of small temples similar to those of Gedong
Songo - two today, three at the time - posed side by side on a
last terrace of several meters in height. Close to this big
platform, other zones of the site are the subject of excavations
which update new terraces.
Located
at 100 m of Candi Barong on the other side
of the road, one sees there the reconstitution of a stupa
and a great extent of ruins from various other buildings.
Candi Miri is geographically meadows of Candi Ijo, at the top of a hill, and it is necessary to climb during 10 mn through fields - not of way - to reach it.
On
arrival, one finds a small ruined temple in the center of a
cultivated ground. It acts without question of a shivaic temple
because the yoni is to 10 m at the foot of a
palm tree.
In the village of
Sumberwatu in the east of Ratu Bako, is an unfinished statue of 4
meters height which, in my opinion, represent Ganesha. There is
nothing else around.
