Prambanan

Since I have enough sleeping and rest on the bus I decided to go to Prambanan that day. So after taking a fresh shower and breakfast at Seturan, Toko drove me back to trans Yogya halte on Amplas and I took 1B route to take me to Prambanan halte. The temples are seen from the main street but to get to the main gate you could walk or riding a becak. And I prefer to walk to spend the time.

 

Prambanan

 

 

The walk to the main gate passing a lot of small souvenir shops in the preservation area, just like the one that I’ve had seen in Borobudur. The ticket’s price to enter the temple area is 8.000 rupiahs. I walk directly to the temple’s location, there is a viewing stage provided to see all the stone spread surround the main temples. I walk slowly following the temple’s side walk beside the protection fence.

 

the renovation

 

 

In generally, the temple is still under reconstruction because of the earthquake about four years ago, I could see the crack up there on the temple’s stone. That’s why they put the fence circling around the temple’s spot. Regardless the cracks, somehow Prambanan has still its own charm and known as one of world heritage site list number 642.

 

Shiva, one of the main temple of Prambanan

 

Prambanan main temples are Shiva (the biggest), Wishnu and Brahma. When I came, Wishnu was the only one which opened for public and for safety only 20 person max allowed to take turn to visit the inside of the temple. This is a Hindu’s temple so the architecture is different with Borobudur. The sculptures on the outsider wall were simple. Most of the relics on the lower ground describe the tree of life which known as Kalpataru in Indonesian language.

 

Kalpataru - the tree of life

 

Later from Pak Sugiyanto, the guide who explained me about the story about the temple, I just knew that Prambanan was influenced by Budhism. I found a few Budha statues among Shiva, Wishnu, and Ganesha in the Prambanan museum. He told me that the princess from the kingdom who build Borobudur was married with one of the prince who build the Prambanan so she have a little bit influenced in this temple. He also told me that each temple of Prambanan has its own spell to protect the temple. The stone box called ‘peripih’ was use to keep the precious thing (gold, silver or bronze) and some written spell. The filled peripih then was put into a deep hole on the center of the temple’s room which believe could create the protection shield for the temple from bad things.

 

inside the temple and peripih

 

Honestly, Pak Sugiyanto has been kindly enough to share his knowledge, too bad my brain cells got dried because of the heat. So I kind of worried that I might change the history ^^ but if you ever come to Yogyakarta and visit Prambanan, you could contact Pak Sugiyanto to be your guide.

 

Sansekerta in Prambanan establisment stone - Prasasti and Pak Sugiyanto

 

 

Sugiyanto

Office:

Taman Wisata Candi Prambanan

Jl. Yogya – Solo Km. 17

Prambanan, Klaten 57454

Phone   : 62 274 496401

HP        : 62 815 7851 3740

 

Gomen Pak Sugi, saya tidak bisa mengingat semua ceritanya secara detil tentang dewa Shiva yang memenggal kepala anaknya kemudian menggantikannya dengan kepala gajah dan dikenal sebagai Ganesha yang sering digunakan sebagai lambang ilmu pengetahuan atau hubungan mitos Roro Jonggrang dengan Prambanan seperti yang sudah bapak ceritakan. huhuhuhu…. maafkan tante pilipin ini ya pak.