Candi Plaosan, also known as Plaosan Complex, is one of the Buddhist temples located in Bugisan village, Prambanan district, Central Java, Indonesia. It is easily accessible from Yogyakarta by Surakarta road. Candi Plaosan covers an area of 2,000 square meters with an elevation of 148 meters above sea level.
Plaosan temple was built in the mid 9th century by Sri Kahulunnan or Pramodawardhani, the daughter of Samaratungga, descendent of Sailendra Dynasty, and who was married to Rakai Pikatan in the Hindu tradition. The Plaosan complex is an ensemble of two Buddhist temples, Plaosan Lor and Plaosan Kidul. The Ploasan temple complex is made up of 174 small buildings, 116 are stupas and 58 are shrines. Many of the buildings have inscriptions. Two of these inscriptions denote the temple as a gift of sanctuary by Rakai Pikatan. The dates of the inscriptions are between 825-850 AD. Although similar to the Prambanan 856 AD date, the complexes are not related. A new building technique distinguishes Prambanan from Plaosan temples. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Plaosan).

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Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia. This temple is located in the eastern city of Yogyakarta. At night it is often performed ballet performances. (Jul 30, 2009)

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Borobudur, the great Buddhist stupa on Java (Indonesia), built and decorated perhaps before 800AD, considered as one of the seven wonders of the world. This temple is located at Borobudur District, South of Magelang, Central Java. (Jul 22, 2009)

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In the Dieng Plateau  there are several temples in this area, the Dieng temple built during the Hindu religion, a relic statue of Siva, Vishnu, Agastya, Ganesha and other Hindu religious characterized other. Temples in the Dieng Plateau are named relating to the story or puppet characters in the story Purwa Mahabharata, for example Arjuna Temple, Ghatotkacha Temples, Dwarawati Temple, Bima Temple, Semar Temple, Sembadra Temple,  and Puntadewa Temple. Name of the temple has nothing to do with the function of the building and estimated the given name of the temple after the temple was abandoned or not used anymore. (Special Report – July 11, 2009)

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