Temple of The Holy Heart

The church of Ganjuran or the Temple of Hati Kudus Yesus is located in Ganjuran, the Sub district of Bambanglipuro, about 7 km to the south of Bantul City. The temple was built on April 16th 1924 as a praying place with an architecture style of Hindu-Java.

The statue of the holy heart that is the symbol of Jesus Christ crowned within it, that symbolizes just and peace of God who is the King of the earth places in Indonesia or overseas who believe pray in the temple for many intentions.

The water that springs out from the water tabs in the foot of temple is believed to be able to heal many kinds of diseases.

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Prambanan Temple

Prambanan temple, as it is known nowdays is a name given to the complex of several santuaries of Siwa. In fact, it is more accurate to call it Siwa’s temple (Candi Siwa) according to the real character of the temples. Some of sanctuaries in the complex have been restored but most of them are in ruins.

There are 240 temples at the complex of Candi Siwa either big or small. But the majority of them have deteriorated, what is the left are only scattered stones. This complex of the sactuaries can be divided into 3 groups. Apparenly each temple is built to form the corresponding building.

CANDI SIWA: The central temple at the complex of Prambanan is Candi Siwa, or widely known as the temple Rara Jonggrang. It is called Candi Siwa becouse in that temple we find a statue of Siwa which is big and has essential meaning, which signifies that Siwa is a God greatly glorified in the believed of (Trimurti’s faith ). Trimurti is the worship of a Trinity of Gods : Siwa, Brahma and Wisnu. The most important of Siwa’s statue is found in the biggest room of the central temple. In other smaller rooms we see the statue of Siwa as the Mahaguru (Supreme Master) the statue of Ganesha, a god with a elephant head symbolizing happiness, and the spouse of Siwa as the ruler of universe.

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Borobudur Temple

Borobudur is a ninth century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome is located at the center of the top platform, and is surrounded by seventy-two Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa.

The monument is both a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and follows a path circumambulating the monument while ascending to the top through the three levels of Buddhist cosmology, namely, Kamadhatu (the world of desire); Rupadhatu (the world of forms); and Arupadhatu (the world of formless). During the journey, the monument guides the pilgrims through a system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the wall and the balustrades.

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