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Candi PrambananBy Emily
What is Candi Prambanan?
Candi Prambanan is a temple located in North Yogyakarta, near the boundary in between Central
Jakarta and Yogyakarta.
What is the function of this
temple?This temple was built to be dedicated to the Trimurti or for praising these gods.
Brahma (God as
the Creator)
Vishnu (The Preserver)
Shiva (The
Destroyer)
In what year was this temple built?
This temple was built in the 9th
Century (quite a long time ago!)
What religion is it connected to?
This temple is a hindu temple
dedicated to 3 hindu gods.
Brahma (God as
the Creator)
Vishnu (The Preserver)
Shiva (The
Destroyer)
Special Facts
Candi Prambanan was abandoned about 80 years after it was built
because of the eruption of Mount Merapi.
Myth’s
Myth’s were made by the surrounding villages, one
of them were Roro Jonggrang.
The story
There was a Princess called Putri Roro Jonggrang, she was the daughter of the wicked king. There was also a Prince
that lived in the nearby kingdom called Bandung Bodowoso. He fell in love with Putri Roro Jonggrang and
wanted to marry her. She said that if he were to marry her then he had to build 100 temples in the spam of 1 night.
He had called to the genies to help him build it. The genies though ran away when it was sunrise. Putri Roro Jonggrang had planned to make it look like sunrise with the help of her fellow maids. She had succeeded but when Bandung
Bodowoso found out, he cursed Putri that she would turn into a stone statue.