GWK ~ At Bali

GWK or Garuda Wisnu Kencana was Designed and built by Nyoman Nuarta, one of Indonesia’s foremost modern sculptor, the Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue or GWK and its pedestal building will be standing 150 meters tall with its wings span 64 meters across.

Made from more than 4000 tons of copper and brass, the statue is picturing Lord Wisnu, as the source of wisdom, riding on the back of the mythical bird Garuda as the manifestation of conscience toward Amerta, the perennial goodness.

The statue and its pedestal will be surrounded by more than 240 hectares cultural park which was once an abandoned and unproductive limestone quarry. The cultural park will provide attractions for both local and foreign visitors with supporting facilities such as Lotus Pond, Festival Park, Amphitheater, Street Theater, Exhibition Hall, as well as Jendela Bali The Panoramic Resto and souvenir shop. At present time, the statue of Wisnu, the statue of Garuda, and the hands of Wisnu have been placed temporarily in three different plazas within the park.

GWK Cultural Park is intended to educate, especially the young generations about the importance of preserving and cultivating world’s cultural heritage.

The Statue of Wisnu

As the anchor point of GWK, the 20 meter tall copper statue of the Lord Wisnu has been placed temporarily on the highest hill of Ungasan where visitors can enjoy sunset or sunrise over the magnificent view of Kuta, Benoa and Sanur.

The statue of Wisnu is an illustration of the Almighty God in maintaining and caring all life and its being. The god Wisnu is the owner of Amerta in the form of water as the source of fertility , giving wealth and life to the universe.

The Statue of Garuda

Right behind the Plaza Wisnu is the Plaza Garuda where the 18 meters tall statue of Garuda placed temporarily.

At the present time, Plaza Garuda becomes the focal point of a massive alley of carved limestone pillars which covers more than 4000 sqm open space area namely Lotus Pond. The colossal limestone pillars and monumental Garuda statue make Lotus Pond a very exotic space. With its room capacity that can accommodate up to 7000 people, Lotus Pond has gained good reputation as the perfect place to hold big and international events.

The Statue of Wisnu’s Hands

The statue of Wisnu’s hands was added to GWK Cultural Park in 2007. It’s one step closer to finishing the complete Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue. This piece was placed temporarily on Tirta Agung area.

More Information You can go to this site : http://gwk-culturalpark.com/

Besakih The Biggest Temple at Bali

It's Have Been Long Time i am not write any posting, Well today i will tell you about Besakih Temple (Pura Besakih).

 Objek wisata Pura Besakih adalah merupakan pusat kegiatan upacara agama bagi umat Hindu di Bali, Pura Agung Besakih adalah sari Padma Bhuwana atau pusatnya dunia yang dilambangkan berbentuk bunga padma. Oleh karena itu Pura Agung Besakih adalah pusat untuk menyucikan dunia dengan segala isinya, dan merupakan salah satu objek wisata yang memiliki keunikan tersendiri dibandingkan tempat wisata lainnya. Pura Besakih menjadi terkenal karena kompleks candi yang didirikan disana, sehingga dikenal sebagai Pura Utama di Bali.

        Pura Besakih adalah sebuah komplek pura yang terletak lereng Gunung Agung yaitu Gunung tertinggi di Bali, tepatnya di Desa Besakih, Kecamatan Rendang Kabupaten Karangasem, Bali. Kalau anda sewa mobil ataupun ikut tour ke objek wisata ini, perjalanan dari bandara sekitar 2.5 jam perjalanan. Areal Pura Besakih sangatlah luas, jika anda berkeinginan untuk mengetahui lebih banyak Pura Besakih ini, mungkin anda harus menghabiskan waktu hampir 1 jam untuk berkeliling di areal ini.Tempat atraksi yang berdekatan dengan Besakih adalah site rafting yang terkenal yaitu rafting di Sungai Telaga Waja. Liburan wisata ke Besakih sambil ikut rafting tentu hal yang menyenangkan.

           Komplek Pura Besakih terdiri dari 1 Pura Pusat yaitu Pura Penataran Agung Besakih dan 18 Pura Pendamping yaitu 1 Pura Basukian dan 17 Pura Lainnya. Semua Umat Hindu terutama yang ada di Bali, mempunyai sebuah pura penyungsungan (tempat persembahyangan) yang disebut Pura Pedarman sesuai dengan wangsa mereka, yang merupakan warisan leluhur secara turun menurun. Pura Penataran Agung adalah Pura yang terbesar di kompleks Pura Besakih, candi-candi atau pelinggihnya lebih banyak, upacaranya juga paling banyak di kawasan Penataran Agung ini. Di Penataran agung ini ada 3 Candi utama dan merupakan intisari dan seluruh bangunan suci (palinggih) yang ada di Pura Agung Besakih. Padmasana-Tiga adalah symbol dari stana tuhan sesuai dengan sifat Tri Murti yaitu Dewa Brahma sebagai Pencipta, Wisnu sebagai Pemelihara  dan Siwa sebagai Pelebur. Tempat wisata Besakih berasal dari zaman yang sangat tua, karena banyaknya peninggalan –peninggalan zaman megalitik, seperti menhir, tahta batu, struktur teras pyramid yang ditemukan di kompleks Pura Besakih.

           Masyarakat dunia mengenal Bali dengan sebutan pulau “seribu Pura” hal ini tidak terlepas dari banyaknya bangunan suci ini di setiap jengkal tanah Bali, salah satunya adalah Pura yang sangat disucikan oleh umat Hindu yaitu pura Besakih. Pura Besakih ini terletak di desa Besakih, kecamatan Rendang, sebelah barat daya Gunung Agung sekitar 44 Km dari Amlapura dan 62 Km dari Denpasar. Menurut sejarahnya, pura ini dibangun di suatu desa suci yang disebut “Hulundang Basukih” yang kini dikenal dengan sebagai desa Besakih. Nama Besakih sendiri diambil dari kata “Basuki” atau dalam naskah kuno ditulis sebagai “basukir” atau “Basukih”, sedangkan kata Basuki sendiri diambil dari kata Sanskerta “wasuki” yang berarti “penyelamat”. Dalam mithologi Samudramanthana disebutkan bahwa Basuki adalah nama naga yang melingkari Gunung Mandara.

          Sementara itu, sebuah cerita kuno menyebutkan bahwa pura Besakih dibangun oleh Rsi Markandya dan pengikutnya sekitar abad ke-11. Pada waktu itu, Rsi Markandya ingin pergi ke Gunung Agung untuk membangun tempat peristirahatan. Namun, proses pembangunannya tertunda karena banyak dari para pengikutnya yang meninggal dunia. Melihat hal itu, maka Rsi Markandya kemudian membuat sebuah tempat pemujaan terhadap Tuhan sebagai penyelamat . Tempat pemujaan itu kemudian disebut sebagai “sanggar Basuki”. Banyaknya peninggalan zaman megalitik seperti Menhir, tahta batu, dan struktur teras pyramid yang ditemukan di area pura Besakih menunjukkan bahwa tempat ini adalah tempat yang amat disucikan jauh sebelum adanya pengaruh agama Hindu masuk ke Bali. 

             Kompleks pura Besakih terdiri dari satu pura pusat (pura penataran agung besakih) dan 18 pura pendamping (1 pura Basukian dan 17 pura lainnya). Di pura Basukian inilah tempat pertama kalinya Rsi Markandya menerima wahyu Tuhan, hal inilah yang kemudian menjadi cikal bakal agama Hindu Dharma di Bali. Pura Besakih merupakan pusat kegiatan dari seluruh pura yang ada di Bali, di antara semua pura-pura yang termasuk dalam kompleks pura Besakih, pura penataran agung adalah pura yang terbesar yang paling banyak memiliki bangunan palinggih, dan jenis upacara. Selain itu, Pura penataran Agung ini pun merupakan pusat dari semua pura yang ada di kompleks pura Besakih. Di tempat ini terdapat 3 padma sebagai simbol stana dari sifat Tuhan Tri Murti yaitu dewa Brahma (dewa pencipta), dewa Wisnu (dewa Pemelihara), dan dewa Siwa (dewa pelebur/ reinkarnasi)

From : balitoursclub.com (english) , balitoursclub.com (indonesian) and purakertabumi

Uluwatu Temple

Hello, This time I Will tell you About Uluwatu.

Pura Luhur Uluwatu adalah salah satu pura di Bali dengan lokasinya yang sangat indah. Daya tarik utama bagi para wisatawan dari pura ini adalah panoramanya yang spektakuler. Uluwatu, yang terletak di ujung selatan pulau Bali dan mengarah ke samudra Hindia, merupakan tempat wisata yang menawan.

Apa yang menarik untuk dilihat di sini adalah pura yang berdiri kokoh di atas batu karang 

yang menjorok ke arah laut dengan ketinggian 

sekitar 50 meter. Di sore harinya sambil menikmati indahnya sunset, anda dapat menyaksikan pementasan tari bali yang terkenal hingga ke manca negara, tari Kecak. 

          Tidak hanya itu, bagi anda yang senang belajar sejarah, pura yang satu ini sarat akan nilai sejarahnya. Sejarahnya akan diuraikan sebagai berikut :

Dalam beberapa sumber disebutkan, sekitar tahun 1489 Masehi datanglah ke Pulau Bali seorang purohita, sastrawan dan rohaniwan bernama Danghyang Dwijendra. Danghyang Dwijendra adalah seorang pendeta Hindu, kelahiran Kediri, Jawa Timur.

Danghyang Dwijendra pada waktu walaka bernama Danghyang Nirartha. Beliau menikahi seorang putri di Daha, Jawa Timur. Di tempat itu pula beliau berguru dan di-diksa oleh mertuanya. Danghyang Nirartha dianugerahi bhiseka kawikon dengan nama Danghyang Dwijendra.

Setelah di-diksa, Danghyang Dwijendra diberi tugas melaksanakan dharmayatra sebagai salah satu syarat kawikon. Dharmayatra ini harus dilaksanakan di Pulau Bali, dengan tambahan tugas yang sangat berat dari mertuanya yaitu menata kehidupan adat dan agama khususnya di Pulau Bali. Bila dianggap perlu dharmayatra itu dapat diteruskan ke Pulau Sasak dan Sumbawa.

Danghyang Dwijendra datang ke Pulau Bali, pertama kali menginjakkan kakinya di pinggiran pantai barat daya daerah Jembrana untuk sejenak beristirahat sebelum melanjutkan perjalanan dharmayatra. Di tempat inilah Danghyang Dwijendra meninggalkan pemutik (ada juga menyebut pengutik) dengan tangkai (pati) kayu ancak. Pati kayu ancak itu ternyata hidup dan tumbuh subur menjadi pohon ancak. Sampai sekarang daun kayu ancak dipergunakan sebagai kelengkapan banten di Bali. Sebagai peringatan dan penghormatan terhadap beliau, dibangunlah sebuah pura yang diberi nama Purancak.

Setelah mengadakan dharmayatra ke Pulau Sasak dan Sumbawa, Danghyang Dwijendra menuju barat daya ujung selatan Pulau Bali, yaitu pada daerah gersang, penuh batu yang disebut daerah bebukitan.

Setelah beberapa saat tinggal di sana, beliau merasa mendapat panggilan dari Hyang Pencipta untuk segera kembali amoring acintia parama moksha. Di tempat inilah Ida Pedanda Sakti Wawu Rauh teringat (icang eling) dengan samaya (janji) dirinya untuk kembali ke asal-Nya. Itulah sebabnya tempat kejadian ini disebut Cangeling dan lambat laun menjadi Cengiling sampai sekarang.

Oleh karena itulah, Ida Pedanda Sakti Wawu Rauh ngulati (mencari) tempat yang dianggap aman dan tepat untuk melakukan parama moksha. Oleh karena dianggap tidak memenuhi syarat, beliau berpindah lagi ke lokasi lain. Di tempat ini, kemudian dibangun sebuah pura yang diberi nama Pura Kulat. Nama itu berasal dari kata ngulati. Pura itu berlokasi di Desa Pecatu.

Sambil berjalan untuk mendapatkan lokasi baru yang dianggap memenuhi syarat untuk parama moksha, Ida Pedanda Sakti Wawu Rauh sangat sedih dan menangis dalam batinnya. Mengapa? Oleh karena beliau merasa belum rela untuk meninggalkan dunia sekala ini karena swadharmanya belum dirasakan tuntas, yaitu menata kehidupan agama Hindu di daerah Sasak dan Sumbawa. Di tempat beliau mengangis ini, lalu didirikan sebuah pura yang diberi nama Pura Ngis (asal dari kata tangis). Pura Ngis ini berlokasi di Banjar Tengah Desa Adat Pecatu.

Ida Pedanda Sakti Wawu Rauh belum juga menemukan tempat yang dianggap tepat untuk parama moksha. Beliau kemudian tiba di sebuah tempat yang penuh batu-batu besar. Beliau merasa hanya sendirian. Di tempat ini, lalu didirikan sebuah pura yang diberi nama Pura Batu Diyi. Juga di tempat ini Danghyang Dwijendra merasa kurang aman untuk parama moksha. Dengan perjalanan yang cukup melelahkan menahan lapar dan dahaga, akhirnya beliau tiba di daerah bebukitan yang selalu mendapat sinar matahari terik. Untuk memayungi diri, beliau mengambil sebidang daun kumbang dan berusaha mendapatkan sumber air minum. Setelah berkeliling tidak menemukan sumber air minum, akhirnya Danghyang Dwijendra menancapkan tongkatnya. Maka keluarlah air amertha. Di tempat ini lalu didirikan sebuah pura yang disebut Pura Payung dengan sumber mata air yang dipergunakan sarana tirtha sampai sekarang.

Ida Pedanda Sakti Wawu Rauh kemudian beranjak lagi ke lokasi lain, untuk menghibur diri sebelum melaksanakan detik-detik kembali ke asal. Di tempat ini lalu didirikan sebuah pura bernama Pura Selonding yang berlokasi di Banjar Kangin Desa Adat Pecatu. Setelah puas menghibur diri, Danghyang Dwijendra merasa lelah. Maka beliau mencari tempat untuk istirahat. Saking lelahnya sampai-sampai beliau sirep (ketiduran). Di tempat ini lalu didirikan sebuah pura yang diberi nama Pura Parerepan (parerepan artinya pasirepan, tempat penginapan) yang berlokasi di Desa Pecatu.

Mendekati detik-detik akhir untuk parama moksha, Danghyang Dwijendra menyucikan diri dan mulat sarira terlebih dahulu. Di tempat ini sampai sekarang berdirilah sebuah pura yang disebut Pura Pangleburan yang berlokasi di Banjar Kauh Desa Adat Pecatu. Setelah menyucikan diri, beliau melanjutkan perjalanannya menuju lokasi ujung barat daya Pulau Bali. Tempat ini terdiri atas batu-batu tebing. Apabila diperhatikan dari bawah permukaan laut, kelihatan saling bertindih, berbentuk kepala bertengger di atas batu-batu tebing itu, dengan ketinggian antara 50-100 meter dari permukaan laut. Dengan demikian disebut Uluwatu. Ulu artinya kepala dan watu berarti batu.

Sebelum Danghyang Dwijendra parama moksha, beliau memanggil juragan perahu yang pernah membawanya dari Sumbawa ke Pulau Bali. Juragan perahu itu bernama Ki Pacek Nambangan Perahu. Sang Pandita minta tolong agar juragan perahu membawa pakaian dan tongkatnya kepada istri beliau yang keempat di Pasraman Griya Sakti Mas di Banjar Pule, Desa Mas, Ubud, Gianyar. Pakaian itu berupa jubah sutra berwarna hijau muda serta tongkat kayu. Setelah Ki Pacek Nambangan Perahu berangkat menuju Pasraman Danghyang Dwijendra di Mas, Ida Pedanda Sakti Wawu Rauh segera menuju sebuah batu besar di sebelah timur onggokan batu-batu bekas candi peninggalan Kerajaan Sri Wira Dalem Kesari. Di atas batu itulah, Ida Pedanda Sakti Wawu Rauh beryoga mengranasika, laksana keris lepas saking urangka, hilang tanpa bekas, amoring acintia parama moksha.

Selain itu kawasan pantai di Uluwatu dengan ombaknya yang cukup besar sangat menantang untuk pencinta olahraga surfing. Tiap tahun event berlevel internasional selalu diadakan di pantai seputaran Uluwatu ini.

Untuk bisa masuk kedalam pura ini pengunjung harus mengenakan sarung dan selempang yang bisa disewa ditempat itu. Waktu terbaik untuk mengunjungi pura Uluwatu adalah sore hari pada saat matahari terbenam sehingga bisa menyaksikan pemandangan spektakulernya.

Tembahan informasi, disekitar komplek pura terdapat segerombolan monyet. Para monyet ini biasanya suka usil dengan mengambil berbagai macam barang yang dibawa pengunjung. Barang yang sering menjadi incaran mereka adalah kacamata, tas, dompetatau apa saja yang gampang direbut. Jadi hati-hati dengan mereka apabila sedang berkunjung di komplek pura Uluwatu Bali.

From : Bali Webby & e-Kuta

Rangda "The Enemy Of Barong"

After I Tell You About Barong, Now i will tell you about Rangda the strongest enemy of Barong...

Rangda is the demon queen of the Leyaks in Bali, according to traditional Balinese Mythtology. Terrifying to behold, the child-eating Rangda leads an army of evil witches against the leader of the forces of good —Barong. The battle between Barong and Rangda is featured in a Barong dance which represents the eternal battle between good and evil.Rangda is a term in old Javanese that means: "widow"

Rangda is important in Balinese culture, and performances depicting her struggles with Barong or with Airlangga in that tale are popular Tourist Attraction as well as tradition. She is depicted as a mostly nude old woman, with long and unkempt hair, pendulous breasts, and claws. Her face is traditionally a horrifying fanged and goggle-eyed mask, with a long, protruding tongue.

Bali is a Hindu island, and it is suggested that Rangda may also be closely associated with Durga. She has also been identified with the Hindu mother warrior goddess, and Kali, the black mother goddess of destruction, transformation and protection in Hinduism.

While Rangda is seen as fearsome and by many as the personification of evil, she is also nevertheless considered a protective force in certain parts of Bali, much like Kali is seen as a benevolent mother goddess in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam and Kerala. The colors associated with her — white, black and red — are identical with those associated with Kali. Her iconography is similar to that of both Kali and Chamunda, who are closely related.

Rangda was linked to the legend of Calon Arang and also the legend of divorced and exiled Javan queen Mahendrada.

from : Wikipedia

Borobudur Temple

Wow, I already at Magelang, Central java. I Go there with my friends. I Have So Much fun with them, This time i go to Borobudur Temple... 

The magnificent Borobudur temple is the world’s biggest Buddhist monument, an ancient site widely considered to be one of the world’s seven wonders. Built in the 9th century during the reign of the Syailendra dynasty, the temple’s design in Gupta architecture reflects India's influence on the region, yet there are enough indigenous scenes and elements incorporated to make Borobudur uniquely Indonesian. This awe inspiring monument is truly a marvel. After a visit here you will understand why it is Indonesia’s most visited tourist attraction and a famous icon of Indonesia’s cultural heritage.

Located on the island of Java, the temple sits majestically on a hilltop overlooking lush green fields and distant hills. It covers an enormous area, measuring 123 x 123 meters. The monument is a marvel of design, decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. The architecture and stonework of this temple has no equal.  And it was built without using any kind of cement or mortar! The structure is like a set of massive interlocking Lego blocks held together without any glue.

The temple has remained strong even through ten centuries of neglect. It was rediscovered in 1815, buried under volcanic ash. In the 1970’s the Indonesian Government and UNESCO worked together to restore Borobudur to its former majesty The restoration took eight years to complete and today Borobudur is one of Indonesia and the world’s most valuable treasures.

The temple is decorated with stone carvings in bas-relief representing images from the life of Buddha. Commentators claim that this is the largest and most complete ensemble of Buddhist reliefs in the world, unsurpassed in artistic merit.

This monument is both a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. The ten levels of the temple symbolize the three divisions of the religion’s cosmic system. As visitors begin their journey at the base of the temple, they make their way to the top of the monument through the three levels of Budhist cosmology, Kāmadhātu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness). As visitors walk to the top the monument guides the pilgrims past 1,460 narrative relief panels on the wall and the balustrades.

The whole monument itself resembles a giant stupa, but seen from above it forms a mandala. The great stupa at the top of the temple sits 40 meters above the ground.  This main dome is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa.

Historians suggest that the name of Borobudur comes from the Sanskrit ‘Vihara Buddha Uhr’ or the ‘Buddhist monastery on the hill’.

from : Visit Indonesia

Tanah Lot Temple

Hai, Everyone This Time I have trip with my friends to my Hometown Bali island at Indonesia... That Photo was Tanah Lot Temple.

Tanah Lot is located at a village called Braban, included in the administration of Kecamatan Kediri Kabupaten Tabanan. The location is 30 kms from Denpasar city, and 11 kms from the town of Kediri. The town of Kediri lies on the main road between Denpasar city to Tabanan city which is also the main road of southern area of Bali from east island to the west. Big bus can reach the parking lot that is especially constructed by local government on the beach where are also found some restaurants, shops and art shops. On the east side of parking area there are shops and restaurants, from here visitors have to walk on foot around 300 meters to the beach. On the beach again some drink stalls along the direction of east west and they put some wooden or bamboo chairs on the beach where visitors can relax waiting for the sunset.

The beach on the area is steep drop cliff continuously under abrasion of strong sea water. On the edge of the sea below is very fine black sand mixed with sparkling quartz. This black sand is used to make decoration such as mirror frames, photo frames or building decorations due to its sparkling reflection under light.

The name of Tanah Lot temple in tourism bibliography about Bali is almost never absent. Among those temples as a tourist visit it is probably Tanah Lot is second most popular after Besakih. The name Tanah Lot is probably from " tanah laut " means land in the sea. It is the fact that the strong sea abrasion has separated the temple area with Bali mainland, so it looks that the temple nests on a small hill of rock bulging up on the ocean. Despite the fact that strong hit of sea wave but the site is still standing while the whole side have disappeared by the raged waves of hundreds of years.

No historical record is found so far to construct the history of the temple. Scripture of Dang Hyang Nirarta ( a fairy priest from Java ) mentions that the priest Dang Hyang Nirarta had visited the temple and asked the people around the area to build shrine. While the priest also educated fishermen there in making fish trap. The temple as a whole has 8 shrines with Merus ( superimposed roofs ) assemblaged on the narrow cliff that bulges up from the sea bed. Seen from the name of main shrine it suggests that the temple was built to honor a person who probably had important rule at the area with posthumous name as " Pemekel " It is common that, when a temple is built say the main shrine indeed dedicated to god, but second main shrines in a complex is normally dedicated to persons who had dedicated himself for the welfare of the people or at least a person who had strong influence among the people.

The temple as a whole is dedicated to the god of the sea. Fishermen pray to get fish and prosperity. A myth mentions that one of the shrine at Batukaru temple was lost, and was found here standing at Tanah Lot temple complex. It was very probable that the temple was built by Mengwi kingdom as the sea temple. The kingdom of Mengwi was flourishing around 1750 according to manuscript, and built their capital at present day Mengwi town, also popular as tour visit for its temple called Taman Ayun. The palace was just on the west side of Taman Ayun temple along the road side up to the corner of cross road. The kingdom ever ruled large part of Bali, even up to the present day Kabupaten Banyuwangi in east Java, and one of kingdom built so many temples inherited to their people. Toward the end of 19th century the kingdom was declining very quick due to conflict with their minister known as I Pasek Badak, from the village of Buduk near krobokan town kuta. it was probable that royal family wish to take the position of Badak as minister because Badak was not from Arya family ( not with title I Gusti ), yet Badak show resistant and open war was un avoided. Royal family was almost defeated when Badak realized that to many people become victim of unnecessary conflict and he informed the royal family that he would give up his resistant, and asked to be killed by the king. As the respect to Badak who ever growing Mengwi kingdom, royal family worship him as great warrior at the main temple of Taman Ayun where one can see the shrine especially dedicated to I Pasek Badak and the royal family regularly during the ritual worship him at front of his shrine. A kingdom in Bali normally had 3 main temples, one located near the sea, one in the city or near the palace, and one on the mountain or near the mountain. This concept of 3 temples has also influenced the smaller unit of Balinese settlement in the level called " Desa ". Every Desa in Bali has also 3 main temples dedicated to different way of worshipping the god and ancestor's spirits.

Now only 3 villages that responsible for the temple those are all nearby villages of Braban, Kelating, and Tibu Biyu, and still as the temple for Mengwi palace. The ceremony is performed every 6 month, based on Hindu-Java calendar which is already printed out during November every year.

For tourists, it is not only the traditional magic of the temple is interesting, but the location in the natural setting, especially during the sunset, the temple changes into silhouette against the sunsets above Indonesian ocean.

from : BaliTouring

Prambanan Temple

Hello, Everyone this photo was from my holiday trip to Klaten,Central Java. It was Prambanan Temple...
here Are the History Of Prambanan Temple :

Mataram is the largest empire in the ancient Javanese who first appeared on the stage of history in 732 BC, which at that time jobs were governed by Sanjaya of Mataram, the ruling Hindu nobleman in fertile areas between the opaque and rivers Progo river. In the year 750 BC, Dynasty Buddhist dynasty expelled Sanjaya together with his family in exile in upland areas outside the boundaries of the kingdom of Mataram.

A century later, the descendants of King Sanjaya Pikatan Rakai married with a family clan dynasty and held the reins of power. In his reign the influence of Hindu like being born again and in that time many buildings of the temple was founded specifically prambanan temple construction.

Rakai Pikatan started building the temple in 856 BC with the purpose of commemorating the return of Sanjaya dynasty came to power. However, the temple complex was abandoned a century later when the kingdom of Mataram and its people moved to East Java and the temple itself collapsed since the devastating earthquake that occurred in the 16th century. Temple restoration performed in 1930 and still do until now.

The three temples on the main page so dominate the complex. But the most impressive temple is a large building which was in the midst of complex and towering as high as 47 meters of Roro Jonggrang Temple. It is said by some experts that Roro Jonggrang temple dedicated to Lord Shiva while the two smaller temples in the north and south is dedicated to the god Vishnu and god Brahman.

From : Tour in Indonesia