The Sewu Temple-The Temple of a thousand of Central Java
The Sewu Temple Candi Sewu is located in Bugisan Village Bener, Dukuh, Prambanan, Klaten Regency, Central Java province. From the city of Yogyakarta in distance about 17 km to the Solo. Sewu Temple is a temple cluster that is located adjacent to the Prambanan Temple, i.e. approximately 800 meters to the South of arca Rara Jongrang. The temple was probably built in the 8th century, on the orders of the ruler of Mataram Kingdom at that time, namely Rakai Panangkaran (746-784 M) and Rakai Pikatan Hindu. Although the King of the Hindu Kingdom of Mataram, during the House gets strong influences from Bengali Buddhist Sailendra dynasty. Experts suspect that the Sewu Temple was the centre of religious activities of religious communities. These allegations are based on the contents of the inscription stones found in one of the ancillary temples. The inscription is written in old Malay and 792 dated Saka became known by the name of Manjusrigrta Inscriptions. In the inscription is told ...