Barong Temple (Candi Barong), Indonesia

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Barong Temple (Candi Barong), Indonesia

Candisari hamlet, Bokoharjo village,

Prambanan subdistrict,

Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta,

Indonesia 55572

Moolavar

Shiva

Introduction

Barong temple (Candi Barong) is a 9th-century Shiva Candi (temple) located approximately 800 meters east-southeast from Ratu Boko compound. The temple is located on a hill in Candisari hamlet, Bokoharjo village, Prambanan subdistrict, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The temple is named barong according to its kala‘s head carving on top of the niches of its temples that resembles Barong.

Puranic Significance

Unlike the other temples in Central Java, Barong Temple took shape as stepped terraces locally known as punden berundak, which was an ancient design of pre- Shaivism megalithic sacred structure in Java. There are no idols in the temple. This temple consists of three-level terraces. The first terrace is located on the west corresponds to the site topography, the second terrace is a stone structure measures is 90 x 63 square meters, while the third terrace measured 50 x 50 square meters. The entrance is located on the west side. In the middle of the west side there is a staircase up from the first terrace to the second terrace ascending about 4 meters high with the causeway width of 3 meters.