Mendut is one of the famous temples in Yogyakarta. Want to know how its history. Please read ya ... ... ...Mendut is a temple that was built by Buddhists. This temple is located in the village Mendut, Mungkid district, Magelang regency, Central Java, Indonesia, a few kilometers from Borobudur temple.
Mendut founded during the reign of King Indra of the dynasty dynasty. In the inscription of bertarikh
Karangtengah 824 AD, was told that the king Indra has built a shrine called wenuwana which means "bamboo forest". According to Dutch archeologist named J.G. de Casparis, this word is connected with Mendut.
The temple building made of bricks covered with natural stone. The building is located on a basement high, so it looks more handsome and sturdy.The stairs go up and the entrance facing southwest. Above the basement there is the hallway that surrounds the body temple. The roof is three-tiered and decorated with small stupas. The number of small stupas built today is 48 buah.Tinggi building is 26.4 meters.
Mendut have some decorations that adorn namely, three statues in the temple Mendut, Dhyani Buddha statues enclosed Wairocana Boddhisatwa Awalokiteswara and Wajrapani.
Decoration found on Mendut form a criss-cross decoration. Decorated with carvings of celestial beings and gods gandarwa APSARA or an angel, two monkeys and a second edge of the stairs there garuda.Pada reliefs and jataka.Hariti Pancatantra story. Boddhisatwa reliefs decorated the temple walls of which Awalokiteswara, Maitreya, Wajrapāṇi and Manjusri. In the body wall of the temple there is a relief kalpataru, two angels, Hariti (a yaksi who repent and then follow the Buddha) and Āţawaka. Buddha in a position dharmacakramudra.
Inside the main temple there is a large Buddha statues of three: the Dhyani Buddha Wairocana with the attitude of the hands (mudras) dharmacakramudra. In front of Buddha statues there is a relief in the form of wheels and flanked by a pair of deer, the symbol of Buddha.
On the left there is a statue of Awalokiteswara (Padmapāņi) and the right statue Wajrapāņi. Now in front of the statue of Buddha placed hio-hio and baskets to donate. The visitors could spark an incense and pray here.
Thank you ......
Good luck and keep spirit...........
Mendut founded during the reign of King Indra of the dynasty dynasty. In the inscription of bertarikh
Karangtengah 824 AD, was told that the king Indra has built a shrine called wenuwana which means "bamboo forest". According to Dutch archeologist named J.G. de Casparis, this word is connected with Mendut.
The temple building made of bricks covered with natural stone. The building is located on a basement high, so it looks more handsome and sturdy.The stairs go up and the entrance facing southwest. Above the basement there is the hallway that surrounds the body temple. The roof is three-tiered and decorated with small stupas. The number of small stupas built today is 48 buah.Tinggi building is 26.4 meters.
Mendut have some decorations that adorn namely, three statues in the temple Mendut, Dhyani Buddha statues enclosed Wairocana Boddhisatwa Awalokiteswara and Wajrapani.
Decoration found on Mendut form a criss-cross decoration. Decorated with carvings of celestial beings and gods gandarwa APSARA or an angel, two monkeys and a second edge of the stairs there garuda.Pada reliefs and jataka.Hariti Pancatantra story. Boddhisatwa reliefs decorated the temple walls of which Awalokiteswara, Maitreya, Wajrapāṇi and Manjusri. In the body wall of the temple there is a relief kalpataru, two angels, Hariti (a yaksi who repent and then follow the Buddha) and Āţawaka. Buddha in a position dharmacakramudra.
Inside the main temple there is a large Buddha statues of three: the Dhyani Buddha Wairocana with the attitude of the hands (mudras) dharmacakramudra. In front of Buddha statues there is a relief in the form of wheels and flanked by a pair of deer, the symbol of Buddha.
On the left there is a statue of Awalokiteswara (Padmapāņi) and the right statue Wajrapāņi. Now in front of the statue of Buddha placed hio-hio and baskets to donate. The visitors could spark an incense and pray here.
Thank you ......
Good luck and keep spirit...........
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