Candi Sari
Buddhist temple in Java, Indonesia
Candi Sari (Candi Bendan) is a Buddhist temple about 567 meters north of Kalasan temple in Yogyakarta region of Indonesia. It was built in the 8th century during old Mataram kingdom. The two-storey structure of Candi Sari temple was supposed to be a vihara (Buddhist monastery) and residence for the monks.[1]
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Candi Sari, rear view.
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inside view of Candi Sari.
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Replica of Candi Sari at Paris Exposition Universelle (1900) for the Dutch East Indies.
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Ruined Candi Sari (1901) before restoration taken by Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis.
Related pages
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change- ↑ Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.