Plaosan

Plaosan located in Hamlet, Village Bugisan, District of Prambanan. If you're traveling to the location of the Prambanan temple, you do not need to rush back to the inn or directly back to your homelands, because not far from the beautiful Hindu temple in the world, precisely approximately 1km towards the east, you will see Plaosan, a temple constructed by Rakai Pikatan for the queen, that is Pramudyawardani. This temple architecture is a fusion of Hindu and Buddhist.

Plaosan complex is divided into 2 groups, namely Plaosan and Plaosan Lor Kidul. Both the temples have a rectangular-shaped terrace surrounded by a wall, where meditation shaped substation in western and stupas on the other. Because of the similarities, the appearance Plaosan Lor and South nearly identical when viewed from a distance so that until now Plaosan also often called the twin temples.

Building Plaosan Lor has a central courtyard surrounded by a wall with the entrance on the west. At the center of the courtyard there is the marquee size 21.62 mx 19 m. In the eastern part of the pavilion there are 3 pieces of the altar, the altar of the north, east and south. Preview Amitbha, Ratnasambhava, Vairochana, and there at the altar Aksobya east. Stupa Samantabadhara and Ksitigarbha figure is on the north aisle, while Manjusri picture there at the altar west.

South Plaosan temple also has a pavilion in the center surrounded by 8 small temples are divided into 2 levels and each level consists of 4 temples. There is also a picture of the Tathagata Amitbha, Vajrapani with vajra attribute on utpala and Prajnaparamita is considered the "mother of all Buddha." Some other pictures can still be found but not at the place of the original. Manujri figure which, according to a Dutch scientist named Krom is significant also found.

Part Bas reliefs of this temple has a unique picture of men and women. There is a man who depicted sitting cross-legged with their hands and worship the male figure with hands vara mudra and the vase at the foot of a man surrounded by six smaller ones. A woman is depicted standing with his hands vara mudra, while all around there are books, pallets and vase. Krom argued that the male figure is a picture of the woman patron supporter of the two monasteries.

The entire complex has 116 Plaosan ancillary stupas and 50 ancillary temples. Ancillary stupas can be seen on all sides of the main temple, chapel likewise smaller. When walking to the north, you can see the open structure called Mandapa. Two inscriptions can also be found, the inscription on the gold chip on the north side of the main temple and the inscriptions written on stone in the first line of ancillary temples.

One peculiarity is Plaosan terrace surface is smooth. Krom temple terrace opinion is different to other temples built terrace in the same period. According to him, it is related to function of the temple was then suspected to save the canonical texts of Buddhist monks. Another suggestion that comes from Dutch scientists, if the number of priests in the area a bit then maybe the porch was used as a temple (Buddhist temple).

If you look around the temple, you will know that Plaosan is a vast temple complex. It can be seen from the fence along the 460 m from north to south and 290 m from west to east, also interior fence consisting of a trench along the 440 m from north to south and 270 m from west to east. Trenches that make up the interior of the fence can be seen by walking eastwards through the middle of this historic building.