Borobudur + Prambanan

On a day trip from Jogja we went to 2 temple places, Prambanan and Borobudur. Prambanan is the grandest Hindu temple complex in Java with about 50 temple sites. The Shiva temple is the largest one, towering 47 meters above the valley. This temple complex was built in the 9th century and soon after its completion it was mysteriously abandoned.

The main temple complex in Prambanan.

An other temple complex in Prambanan, many are collapsed (due to earthquakes, last one in 2006) and now they are rebuilding them.

Borobudur is the largest Buddhist monument ranking with Bagan (Myanmar) and Angkor Wat (Cambodia) as one of the great Southeast Asian monuments. The temple consists of 6 square bases topped by 3 circular ones and it was constructed as Prambanan in the early 9th century AD. There are nearly 1500 relief panels on the terraces and 432 Buddha images sit in chambers on the terraces. On the upper terraces are stupas, which contain 72 Buddha images.