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To see the Wikipedia description of Prambanan Hindu Temple, Yogyakarta – Java: CLICK HERE
Enjoy the Temples of Yogyakarta, Java – Indonesia
The area is so extensive, they don’t have the funds to reconstruct the 100’s of thousands of stone back to the original grandeur.
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Prambanan Hindu Temple – Yogyakarta
Fruit and veg stand
Really? Yep, we even saw one with three young children and two parents. The youngest couldn’t have been a year old.
Streets of Yogyakarta
Scenes of Yogyakarta
King’s Residence Interiors
The King’s Residence.
Couldn’t do this in any 1st world nation.
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Mendut is a smaller Buddhist Shrine between Borobudur and Prambanan
The food was exceedingly sweet. So was the family.
We were taken for a local lunch and we’re getting our water from their extensive bamboo pipe system.
Our guide for our day trip to Yogyakarta.
A very picturesque scene, the Hindu Temple at Prambanan is near here and is approximately the same age as this Buddhist Shrine at Borobodur.
A very picturesque scene, the Hindu Temple at Prambanan is near here and is approximately the same age as this Buddhist Shrine at Borobodur.
Buddhist figurine with bell removed.
We were very surprised, that we were asked by many groups of locals, both young and old to pose with them for a photo. We weren’t completely sure why, but they implied that to be photographed with us was a sign of affluence and importance. Really? Us?…
Buddhist figures are inside of each of these belled domes.
The sarong’s were suggested wear for visitors as a sign of respect and a cross cultural experience.
The walls are stone reliefs that change constantly throughout the Temple.
Large groups, perhaps several thousand were visiting the Temple.
Rules of visitation.
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This shot gives you a feeling for the size of the Temple at Borobudur.
Description of the reliefs of Borobudur
Borobudur is the site of the largest Buddhist Temple in the world, built around the year 900.
