Malioboro Street

With an imaginary extension of the pole that connects Yogyakarta Sultan Palace, Tugu and the peak of Merapi Mountain, this street is a community of scholarship after Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono have developed ways to negotiate through the traditional market since 1758. After 248 years, instead persists as an area of ​​influence, which even becomes the icon of Yogyakarta, known as Malioboro. The hotel is located about 800 meters away from the Yogyakarta Sultan Palace, this place was always full of flowers always kept Palace ceremony. Malioboro Sanskrit means that the bouquet is the basis for naming this street. Surrounded by shops, offices, restaurants, hotels and historic buildings on the street that once served as a control center in the...

Pawon Temple

Pawon temple is a mile and a half west of Mendut Temple and east of the temple of Borobudur is a Buddhist temple. When you appreciate the detail, the sculpture is the beginning of Borobudur sculpture. Pawon Temple is not a tomb, but as a place to keep King Indra's weapon namely Vajranala. This temple was built with volcanic stones. Architecturally, it is a mixture of old Javanese Hindu and Indian art. Pawon temple is exactly the central point in a straight line stretched from Borobudur Temple in Mendut. Maybe it was built to Kubera. This is a fairly large terrace with steps. All rooms are decorated with stupa (s) Dagoba (s) and its outside walls with symbolic image...

Mendut Temple

Candi Mendut (Mendut Temple) is located 3 km east of Borobudur. It is a Buddhist temple, built in 824 AD by King Indera Cailendra dynasty. There are three large statues inside are: * Shakyamuni sit cross-legged pose with dharma Cakra mudra (= turning the wheel of the dharma of the hand pose) * Awalokiteswara, Bodhi Satwa a human being as an assistant. Awalokiteswara is a statue of Amitabha in her crown, Vajrapani. E 'a red lotus in her hand and put the palm of your hand. * Maitreya, a savior of people in the future. There are stories for children of its walls. Candi Mendut (Mendut Temple) is often used to celebrate every full moon day of May Waisak and pilgrims from Indonesia and around the world to come to this ceremony. It is older...

Kedulan Temple

Kedulan temple is a Hindu temple located in Kedulan village, about 3 km from Kalasan temple. This temple was accidentally discovered by researchers from the sand, November 24, 1993. We will feel pleasure to visit this temple one, as you can see the very sophisticated process of rebuilding the temple. Arriving at the location of this temple, we can directly see the site as deep as 7 meters of excavation. There is the temple of stone scattered around the base of the main temple, which still seems intact. It was during this search is the temple complex consists of a Kedulan main temple and three temples of support (perwara) was originally. Now the foot of the temple is during the stress test for the process of rock covering next. Walking around...

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),...