Sewu temple complex

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Sewu temple complex is a large 8th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple compound near Prambanan in Central Java, Indonesia, notable as one of the oldest and second-largest Buddhist temple complexes on the island.

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Generate an image of Sewu temple complex (Sewu temple complex is a large 8th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple compound near Prambanan in Central Java, Indonesia, notable as one of the oldest and second-largest Buddhist temple complexes on the island.)

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Label Occurrences
Sewu temple complex canonical 2
Kalasan temple 1
Sewu temple 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist temple complex ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
builtBy Mataram Kingdom (Medang) rulers ⓘ
Sailendra dynasty ⓘ
constructionStartCentury 8th century ⓘ
constructionStartDate circa 8th century ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
dedicatedTo Bodhisattva ⓘ
etymology "Sewu" means "thousand" in Javanese ⓘ
function Buddhist monastic and ritual center ⓘ
governingBody Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology ⓘ
hasFeature Buddhist reliefs ⓘ
central main shrine ⓘ
guardian statues (Dvarapala) ⓘ
mandala-like layout ⓘ
stone stupas ⓘ
surrounding concentric rows of smaller shrines ⓘ
hasPart 1 main temple ⓘ
240 pervara (ancillary) temples ⓘ
8 intermediate temples ⓘ
hasRestoration 20th century restoration works ⓘ
heritageDesignation national cultural heritage of Indonesia ⓘ
isPartOf Prambanan temple compounds ⓘ
linked to: Prambanan Temple
languageOfNativeName Indonesian ⓘ
locatedIn Central Java ⓘ
linked to: Java

Indonesia ⓘ
Prambanan plain ⓘ
material andesite stone ⓘ
nativeName Candi Sewu ⓘ
near Bubrah temple ⓘ
Lumbung temple ⓘ
Plaosan temple complex ⓘ
Prambanan temple ⓘ
linked to: Prambanan Temple

Yogyakarta ⓘ
numberOfTemples 249 ⓘ
oneOfTheOldest Buddhist temple complexes in Central Java ⓘ
period Classical Javanese period ⓘ
region Java ⓘ
religion Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana
secondLargest Buddhist temple complex in Central Java ⓘ
style Central Javanese style ⓘ
Javanese Buddhist architecture ⓘ
tourism popular tourist attraction ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite part of Prambanan Temple Compounds ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 642 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1991 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Medang Kingdom → hasPart → Sewu temple complex ⓘ
Medang Kingdom → hasPart → Kalasan temple ⓘ
linked to: Sewu temple complex
Plaosan temple complex → locatedNear → Sewu temple ⓘ
linked to: Sewu temple complex
Bubrah Temple → associatedWith → Sewu temple complex ⓘ
subject linked to: Bubrah temple