Prambanan, built in 9th century, is one of the largest Hindu temples in south-east Asia. It is characterized by its tall and pointed architecture, typical of Hindu temple architecture, and easily recognized from distance because of the towering central buildings inside the large temple complex…
Located around 20km east of Yogyakarta, Prambanan has three main temples in the center of the complex as the symbol of Trimurti in Hindu belief, namely Brahma (the creator), Wisnu (the keeper) and Shiwa (the destroyer). Each main temple is accompanied by one smaller temple, Hamsa for Brahma, Garuda for Wisnu, and Nandini for Shiwa. At the outer area, there are other 234 smaller temples, some of them are still yet to be reconstructed…
