If you are interested on visiting a temple for your holiday, we suggest you enjoy some beautiful temples other than Prambanan or Borobudur. Visit Barong Temple, a unique temple situated at the southern part of Prambanan Temple, at the hills of Desa Bokoharjo, Kecamatan Prambanan, Kabupaten Sleman.
Unlike other Hindu temples which serve as the place for Shiva (The Destroyer) worshiping, Barong Temple serves a place for worshiping Vishnu and His wife, Dewi Laksmi also known as Dewi Sri (the goddess of agricultural prosperity). Worshiping Vishnu and Dewi Sri, according to Dra. Andi Riana (Head of Barong Temple Unit) was probably caused by the infertile and infertile soil around the temple. Thus, by worshiping Vishnu and Dewi Sri people hope that the soil will turn into fertile.
The temple complex was found by the Dutch at around 1913, when there was a tea plantation expansion to support the sugar factory production. At that time, the temple was still ruins and it was difficult to figure out its authentic shape. In 1970s a restoration project began. The process of buliding up the temple in 1978 managed to restore the first temple building in 1994. In the following years, there were restorations on the second temple, the fence, and the talut (slanting edge of the temple complex). More ... >>
Unlike other Hindu temples which serve as the place for Shiva (The Destroyer) worshiping, Barong Temple serves a place for worshiping Vishnu and His wife, Dewi Laksmi also known as Dewi Sri (the goddess of agricultural prosperity). Worshiping Vishnu and Dewi Sri, according to Dra. Andi Riana (Head of Barong Temple Unit) was probably caused by the infertile and infertile soil around the temple. Thus, by worshiping Vishnu and Dewi Sri people hope that the soil will turn into fertile.
The temple complex was found by the Dutch at around 1913, when there was a tea plantation expansion to support the sugar factory production. At that time, the temple was still ruins and it was difficult to figure out its authentic shape. In 1970s a restoration project began. The process of buliding up the temple in 1978 managed to restore the first temple building in 1994. In the following years, there were restorations on the second temple, the fence, and the talut (slanting edge of the temple complex). More ... >>
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