Prambanan

Prambanan 

a settlement in Central Java, Indonesia, located in a valley at the southern foot of the Marapi Volcano.

Many medieval structures, including temples (tjandi), have been preserved in this area. Among the temples are the Buddhist Kalasan temple (possibly founded in 778; later rebuilt, with the present structure dating to the mid-ninth century), the Sari temple (eighth or ninth century), the Buddhist Sewu temple (first half of the ninth century) and the Plaosan temple (mid-ninth century), and the Hindu temple complex of Lara Djonggrang (also called the Slender Maiden, the popular nickname for the statue of the goddess Durga in the main temple; second half of the ninth century or early tenth century).

REFERENCES

Groneman, I. The Hindu Ruins in the Plain of Parambanan. Semarang, 1901.
Bernet Kempers, A. Tjandi Kalasan dan Sari. Jakarta, 1954.
Bernet Kempers, A. Petundjuk singkat tentang tjandi Lara Djonggrang. Jogjakarta [1955].