Candi Banyunibo (Klaten)

Indonesia / Jawa Tengah / Prambanan / Klaten
 temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, buddhist temple

Candi Banyunibo which means the 'water-drip' (in Javanese) is a Buddhist temple located not far from the Temple of Queen Boko, in the eastern part of Yogyakarta. This temple was built at about the 9th century when the era of Old Mataram Kingdom. At the top of this temple there is a stupa that are characteristic of Buddhism.
The condition of this temple was apparently quite solid and intact with kala-makara relief carvings and other forms of relief that still seems very clear. The temple which has the middle room was first discovered and repaired back to the 1940s, and now located in the middle area of paddy fields.
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Coordinates:   7°46'40"S   110°29'38"E
This article was last modified 13 years ago