PLAOSAN TEMPLE
Candi Plaosan is a temple to be constructed during Java’s “Classic Age” that has survived into modern times. This amazing site is located just over a kilometer to the Northeast of Prambanan Temple. Plaosan temple consists of three-construction group; Central, Northern, and Southern group. Each group consists of main building, while numerous smaller buildings are surrounding.
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Southern Group, known locally as Candi Plaosan Kidul (Javanese for “South Plaosan
Temple”), separated from the Central and Northern Groups known as Candi Plaosan
Lor by an open space. Similar to Candi Plaosan Kidul, The Northern Group contains
a quadrangular terrace that is surrounded by its own ring wall.
The Central Group is the largest and most complete of Candi Plaosan. The main building in this group consists of two viharas. A wall that measures approximately 102.5 m from North to South and 41.8 m from East to West featuring two gateways that serve as a courtyard in the west side. Between these two viharas, there is a wall featuring a third gateway that allows visitors freely to move between them. |
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The first level measures 18.85 m from North to South and 11.17 m from East to
West. This former ancient viharas show the richness of ornaments both on the
outside and the inside of the building. At the outside walls on the first level,
there are 18 panels (6 on the East side, and 4 each on the other 3 sides). On
the second level, 20 more panels on the walls and 2 more that flank the entranceway
on the building. Each of these 40 panels contains a beautiful rendition of a
standing male figure. Continuing to the next level, both viharas possess a false
third level that includes 16 niches: five each in the East and West as well as
three more in the North and South. The roofs of each Vihara collectively support
41 stupas. The main stupa at the center of the roof is closely surrounded by
two descending stage of 8 stupas each. 3 each at the North and South ends of
the roof and 2 more within the space between the North and South end of the roof
and the roof center. A total of 5 smaller stupas have been placed in a line on
both the West and the East sides of the roof. |
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Out side the twin Viharas courtyard, originally there are 174 subsidiary structures
surrounding outside the wall. These subsidiary structures organized into three
ranks. First rank contains 50 structures, second rank 58, while the third rank
contains 66 structures.
The first rank contains of 50 structures in shape of 3.4 m x 3.4 m small chambers
on the 4.9 m x 4.9 m square basement with a staircase which project 75 cm outward.
19 prasadas in the East side facing to the East. 17 in the West side facing to
the West, 7 in the North facing to north and the 7 in the South facing to the South. These small chambers called prasada. These particular buildings had originally
contained images of Amitabha (W), Aksobhya (E), Ratnasambhava (S) and Amoghasiddhi
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The second rank is comprised of 58 subsidiary buildings. 54 of them are in the shape of stupas while the 4 of them are in shape of prasada located in the four corners. The third rank consists of 66 structures, out of which 62 are of the previously described stupa-type; the remaining 4 structures in the four corners are once again of the prasada-type.
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