Gampingan Temple

Not all temples are typical, a big relief, because they are usually adorned with statues and general relief as those found in most other temples. One of the temples with individuals, beautiful terrain is Gampingan, a temple which was also found by an artisan brick Gampingan Village, Piyungan, Bantul in 1995. Small and incomplete Gampingan temple is still rich in relief magic.

One of the reliefs that can be seen in this temple is a relief for the animal to her feet. Rescue animals in this house seems so natural that names the animals described. It 'pretty rare to find relief, at least are just the temples of Prambanan and Mendut, which are similar relief. All the reliefs are decorated with ivory or padmamula plant (roots of the lotus plant), which is believed to be the source of life.

YogYES when walking in the temple, it is clear to see that the birds dominate the decoration. It is a relief of a raven with its large beak, robust body, to stretch its wings and tail fanned. There is also a relief to a peak which is described to have a crest on its head, rather long pointed beak, wings and unstretched. In addition, it is a crow with distended breasts and wings extending downward.

Making bird reliefs in this temple refers to the belief in the transcendental power of the bird community. It was believed that birds are the manifestation of divinity, or nirvana. Birds are also linked to absolute human freedom, which is reached after the resignation, the symbol of the soul leaving his body.

Other animals, which is often described as the temple of the frog. Community believed that frogs have the natural power to send over so that the rain was also believed to increase productivity, because the rain can increase the yield. The frogs that usually come with the water also symbolize the renewal of life and waking up in a better direction.

The terrain still leaves a question as to whether it is a story (the story told to children of animals), as in the temple of Mendut or description of the animals that were intentionally made to designate certain sense. These issues increase, because the description of the animals in the temple was not found in books with fables Jataka, Sukasaptati, and versions Pancatantra hereditary.

Gampingan of the temple, which is expected to be built between 730-850 BC is believed to be a place of adoration Jambhala (god of wealth, the son of Siva). The idea is based on the discovery of a statue of Jambhala to dig in the process. Jambhala has been described to have been meditating, sitting cross-legged and close your eyes. The body decorated with iconographic elements (asanas), 8 pieces in the form of a lotus leaf as a symbol of Vishnu, the mystical weapon (cakra) in the human body.

Net Jambhala in this temple is different from other temples. In general, others are described Jambhala temples with eyes looking to worship with various accessories that symbolize prosperity and luxury. This description is supposed to be different, based on the cult of motivation, not to invoke prosperity, but policies to achieve true happiness.

Gampingan visit the temple will lead us to recall the path we have taken to achieve happiness and prosperity. Help, which is dominated by animals living in the environment could be the realization of the wisdom the community at that time to represent a message of Nirvana: humanity must keep the harmony in nature to live in prosperity and avoid disaster.