Pawon Temple
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Pawon Temple is a small 9th-century Buddhist shrine in Central Java, Indonesia, noted for its intricate stone carvings and its location between Borobudur and Mendut temples.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pawon Temple canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4053781 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pawon Temple Context triple: [Sailendra dynasty, built, Pawon Temple]
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A.
Mendut Temple
Mendut Temple is an early 9th-century Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia, renowned for its impressive stone architecture and large statues of Buddhist deities.
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B.
Kalasan Temple
Kalasan Temple is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia, renowned for its intricate stone carvings and historical significance in the Sailendra dynasty era.
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C.
Singosari Temple
Singosari Temple is a 13th-century Hindu-Buddhist temple in East Java, Indonesia, renowned as a key monument of the Singhasari Kingdom and an important example of classical Javanese architecture.
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D.
Prambanan Temple
Prambanan Temple is a 9th-century Hindu temple complex in Central Java renowned for its towering, intricately carved shrines dedicated primarily to the Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
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E.
Borobudur Temple
Borobudur Temple is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Central Java renowned for its massive stepped pyramid structure and intricate stone reliefs, and is one of the most important archaeological and pilgrimage sites in Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pawon Temple Target entity description: Pawon Temple is a small 9th-century Buddhist shrine in Central Java, Indonesia, noted for its intricate stone carvings and its location between Borobudur and Mendut temples.
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A.
Mendut Temple
Mendut Temple is an early 9th-century Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia, renowned for its impressive stone architecture and large statues of Buddhist deities.
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B.
Kalasan Temple
Kalasan Temple is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia, renowned for its intricate stone carvings and historical significance in the Sailendra dynasty era.
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C.
Singosari Temple
Singosari Temple is a 13th-century Hindu-Buddhist temple in East Java, Indonesia, renowned as a key monument of the Singhasari Kingdom and an important example of classical Javanese architecture.
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D.
Prambanan Temple
Prambanan Temple is a 9th-century Hindu temple complex in Central Java renowned for its towering, intricately carved shrines dedicated primarily to the Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
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E.
Borobudur Temple
Borobudur Temple is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Central Java renowned for its massive stepped pyramid structure and intricate stone reliefs, and is one of the most important archaeological and pilgrimage sites in Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
9th-century temple
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Buddhist temple ⓘ candi ⓘ |
| accessFromCity |
Magelang
ⓘ
Yogyakarta ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Javanese Buddhist architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Borobudur Temple
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Mendut Temple ⓘ Sailendra dynasty ⓘ |
| builtDuring | Sailendra dynasty ⓘ |
| builtInCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | part of major Buddhist ritual landscape in Central Java ⓘ |
| function |
Buddhist shrine
ⓘ
ritual stop between Mendut and Borobudur ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
antefixes with figures
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niches with bodhisattva statues (now mostly missing) ⓘ roof with stupas ⓘ single cella ⓘ small vestibule ⓘ square plan ⓘ stairway on the west side ⓘ |
| hasLocalName | Candi Pawon ⓘ |
| hasReliefTheme |
Buddhist cosmology
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divine beings ⓘ nature motifs ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Borobudur Temple Compounds
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linked to:
Borobudur Temple
|
| locatedIn |
Central Java
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linked to:
Java
Java ⓘ Magelang Regency ⓘ |
| locatedInVillage | Wanurejo ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Borobudur
ⓘ
linked to:
Borobudur Temple
Mendut Temple ⓘ |
| materialUsed | andesite stone ⓘ |
| nearRiver |
Elo River
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Progo River ⓘ |
| notableFor |
celestial beings carvings
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intricate stone carvings ⓘ kalpataru tree carvings ⓘ reliefs of bodhisattvas ⓘ |
| partOf |
Borobudur–Mendut–Pawon temple alignment
ⓘ
linked to:
Borobudur Temple
|
| region | Kedu Plain ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1991 ⓘ |
| usedFor | Buddhist pilgrimage route ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pawon Temple Description of subject: Pawon Temple is a small 9th-century Buddhist shrine in Central Java, Indonesia, noted for its intricate stone carvings and its location between Borobudur and Mendut temples.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.