Prambanan temple is located at West of Yogyakarta. The temple was found in ruined condition and was buried. Nobody know how this very big temple could be buried by hundreds years. But, in the villager near the temple source, the temple was burried by the lava from Mount Merapi, one of the most active mount in the world. So, there weren’t any people could find it.
There is a legend that Javanese people always tell about this temple. As the story tells, there was a man named Bandung Bondowoso who loved Roro Jonggrang. To refuse his love, Jonggrang asked Bondowoso to make her a temple with 1,000 statues only in one-night time. The request was nearly fulfilled when Jonggrang asked the villagers to pound rice and to set a fire in order to look like morning had broken. Feeling to be cheated, Bondowoso who only completed 999 statues cursed Jonggrang to be the thousandth statue.
Originally, Prambanan Temple was situated on a rectangular area comprising three different courts, Jaba ( outer court), Tengahan ( middle court) and Njeron (inner court). The outer yard is an open area enclosing the outer court. The latter is 390 square meters and was encircled by stone walls, which are now in ruins. The outer court is now vacant. Whether or not there was a building or any other decorating materials on the court remains unknown.
The middle court is situated in the middle of outer court. The middle court is a 222-square-meter rectangle. There used to be a stone wall enclosing the middle court, but the wall has now crumbled. This court consists of four steplike stone terraces, one on top of the other. On the bottom terrace, there are 68 small temples standing in a row along the terrace edge. The long row is interspersed with four access ways connecting between terraces. On the next terrace, there are 60 temples, while the terrace above it holds 52 temples. On the top terrace, there are 44 temples. All of small temples at the middle court are alike, they have the same size and design. The base is six square meters and the temple is 14 meters tall. However, most of them have fallen into ruins.
The inner court is the highest place at the temple compound and considered as the most sacred place. This court is a 110-square-meter rectangle and raised 1.5 meters higher than the top terrace of the middle court. The inner court is enclosed by stone walls and plaster. There used to be a Paduraksa gate on each of four inner court sides. However, only the gate on south side that remains intact. There are two small temples placed in front of each gate. Each of those small temples is only four meters tall and the temple base is 1.5 square.
There are two rows of temples lying across from north to south in the inner court. The west row consists of three temples that face east. The temple at the north end of the row is Vishnu Temple, the one in the middle is Shiva Temple, and the last one at the south end is Brahma Temple. The east row consists of three temples facing west. Those three temples are called Vehicle Temples as each of them is named after the animal on which a god whose temple is situated across from it usually rides.
The temple located across from Vishnu Temple is Garuda Temple, the one situated across from Shiva Temple is Nandi (cow) Temple, while the one opposite Brahma Temple is Swan Temple. There is an alley separating these two rows of temples. The size and design of Vishnu, Brahma, Swan, Garuda and Nandi Temples are alike. Each of them is 25 meters tall, and the temple base is 15 square meters. There is a smaller temple at each end of the alley. The temple at north end faces its counterpart at south end, and both are called Apit Temples.
But today, the Indonesia country can be so proud because they have very interesting and very beautifull temple in the world. The Prambanan temple.
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