Candi Ngawen

Ngawen temple is a temple Buddha is located approximately 5 km before Mendut of direction Yogyakarta, which is in the village Ngawen, Muntilan subdistrict, district Magelang. According to estimates, the temple This was built by Sailendra dynasty in the 8th century at the time of Ancient Mataram Kingdom. According to Soekmono existence of temple This Ngawen likely is the holy building in Karang Tengah inscription on 824 AD, ie Venuvana (Sanskrit: 'Bamboo Forest'). The temple consists of 5 temples small, two of which have different shapes with decorated by four lion statues at angle. A statue of Buddha the sitting position Ratnasambhava who had no head seems to be the one other temples. Some relief on side of the temple are still visible enough clearly, among which are carved Kinnar, Kinnari, and kala-makara.

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