PRAMBANAN TEMPLE

A. Background

Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple complex in Indonesia, even in Southeast Asia. The temple is also known as Rara Jonggrang temple was built around the year 850 AD by the Sanjaya Dynasty.

The temple established since the year 1991 UNESCO as world cultural conservation (Wonder World Heritage) This complex occupies an area of 39.8 hectares. Rose as high as 47 feet or five meters higher than Borobudur temple, Prambanan Temple seemingly strong and sturdy. This is in accordance with the background development of this temple,
which wanted to show the glory of Hindu civilization in the land of Java.

Then why Prambanan Temple is also called Rara Jonggrang? This is related to a legend that Javanese people believed to be part of this temple.  Once, a prince named Bandung Bondowoso fell in love with a beautiful princess looks, he Jonggrang benama Rara. Since no power of refusing the love of the prince, asking Jonggrang Bondowoso conditions for making the temple with 1000 statues overnight.  The request was nearly fulfilled, before finally managed to ask for help Jonggrang villagers to pound rice and make a big fire in order to impress the morning the situation was.  The request was nearly fulfilled, before finally managed to ask for help Jonggrang villagers to pound rice and make a big fire in order to impress the morning the situation was.

B. Previleges

Prambanan temple is the embodiment of Hindu civilization in the land of Java. This can be seen from the structure that describes the core of the temple in the Hindu faith, which is Trinity. Prambanan complex has 3 main temples in the main yard, namely Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva. These three temples are symbols of Trimurti in Hindu belief. Each main temple has accompanying temple, namely Nandini for Shiva, Swan to Brahma, and Garuda for Vishnu. In addition, there are still squeeze 2 temple, the temple curtain 4, and 4 corner temples. Meanwhile, the second page had 224 temples.

For visitors who want to complete the curiosity of the intricacies of the Prambanan temple, visitors can be visited a museum which is also located in the temple complex.  In this museum, visitors can enjoy the audio visual about the history of the discovery of the Prambanan temple until the renovations are complete. For tourists visiting with family, d i Prambanan temple there is also a playground for the kids and a mini train that can take visitors around the tourist areas.

One of the tour event that is dear to miss the Ramayana Ballet performance. Ramayana Ballet is a performance art that unites various Javanese arts such as dance, drama, and music on one stage and one momentum to bring the story of the Ramayana, the legendary epic written by Valmiki in Sanskrit . The story of Ramayana is sung in this show is a translation of reliefs engraved on Prambanan temple. Ramayana story carved on the temple is similar to the developing story in the oral tradition in India.  The road is long story and tense summarized in four plays or act, namely: the kidnapping Sprott, Anoman mission to Lanka, the death Kumbhakarna or Ravana, and meeting re-Rama Sinta. This performance has been running since 1960 and held every month on full moon nights.

C. Location

Prambanan Prambanan is located in the village that is administratively divided into two parts, namely the district of Sleman, Yogyakarta Province and Klaten regency, Central Java Province.

D. Access

 Located right on the road to Yogyakarta-Solo Prambanan temple complex is easy to reach from any direction, either from the direction of Yogyakarta and Solo. If the direction of Yogyakarta, visitors spend enough costs USD 4000 to reach the location. Meanwhile, if traveling from the direction of Solo, visitors spend only USD 6000. For visitors who started the journey from Klaten, many paths to choose from, can use bus Yogyakarta-Solo or Terminal bus-Prambanan Klaten. Both are just as easy.

E. Ticket Prices

Entrance is distinguished between local tourists with foreign tourists. For the local tourist entrance fee Rp 8,000, while for the admission of foreign tourists is U.S. $ 10. Prambanan Temple tourist attraction open every day starting at 08.00-17.00 WIB.

F. Accommodation and Other Facilities

Around the temple complex of accommodation and facilities available are quite complete, such as hotel / inn, restaurant / restaurants, souvenir shops, telecom shops and internet cafes. In addition, the presence of the energy guide easy to find around the temple will complete the visit of tourists. Because, they will guide the tourists trace-jekak fame Hindu-Javanese civilization with the Prambanan Temple as its main monuments.

(Afthonul Afif/mw/05/04-08)