Prambanan is a ninth century Hindu temple compound in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, in southern Java, Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimurti, the expression of God as Creator, Brahma, Preserver, Vishnu, and Destroyer, Shiva. The temple compound lies about 17 kilometers northeast of Yogyakarta, on the boundary between the Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces.
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Building Type LocationSpecial Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia 1 Height (m)47 m is the height of the central Shiva temple, the tallest single structure in the compound; the compound as a whole originally held 240 individual temple structures of varying height. Partially Attested
Completed YearThe source states only that the first building was completed in the mid-9th century, with no exact year given; 850 is used here as a representative midpoint, close to the 856 CE Shivagrha inscription that describes a completed Shiva temple compound resembling Prambanan. Classification
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Prambanan (Indonesian: Candi Prambanan, Javanese: Rara Jonggrang, Hanacaraka: ꦫꦫꦗꦺꦴꦁꦒꦿꦁ) is a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, in southern Java, Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimūrti, the expression of God as the Creator (Brahma), the Preserver (Vishnu), and the Destroyer (Shiva).
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by the towering 47-metre-high (154 ft) central building inside a large complex of individual temples.
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and the first building was completed in the mid-9th century.
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Prambanan (Indonesian: Candi Prambanan, Javanese: Rara Jonggrang, Hanacaraka: ꦫꦫꦗꦺꦴꦁꦒꦿꦁ) is a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, in southern Java, Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimūrti, the expression of God as the Creator (Brahma), the Preserver (Vishnu), and the Destroyer (Shiva).
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It is the square elevated platform surrounded by a square stone wall with stone gates on each four cardinal points.
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