Kalasan Temple

Kalasan Temple or Temple Kalibening [1] is a temple that is categorized as a Buddhist temple located in the village Kalasan, Sleman district, Yogyakarta province, Indonesia. 7 ° 46’2 .33 “S 110 ° 28’20 .04” E

This temple has 52 stupas and is on the side of the road between Yogyakarta and Solo, and about 2 km from the temple of Prambanan.

At first only Kalasan this temple which was found in the area of this site, but when explored in more depth then found even more supporters buildings in the vicinity of this temple. In addition to Kalasan temples and buildings – and other supporting buildings there are also three small temple outside the main temple building, shaped stupa.
Based on 778 bertarikh Kalasan inscription found not far from this temple is mentioned about the establishment of sacred buildings to honor the female Bodhisattva, Tarabhawana and a monastery for the priests. [2] [1] ruler who ruled the construction of this temple is named Maharaja Tejapurnapana Panangkaran (Rakai Panangkaran) of the family dynasty. Then by comparison of the manuscripts in the inscription Kelurak this figure can be identified by Dharanindra [3] or with the inscription Nalanda was the father of Samaragrawira [4]. So this temple can be evidence of the presence of Wangsa dynasty, rulers of Srivijaya in Sumatra over Java. [5]

In the southern part of the temple there are two reliefs of bodhisattvas, while the roof consists of 3 levels. Roof top, there are 8 spaces, roof level two square 8, while the lowest roof congruent with square-shaped temples 20 which is equipped rooms each side.