Raw data
Candi Sewu - Buddhist ruins close to the Hindu complex of Loro Jonggrang (Oey et al. 2001:198)
"Sewu Temple is located in Bener Hamlet, Bugisan Village, Prambanan Subdistrict, Klaten Regency, Central Java. It is around 17 km from Yogyakarta en route to Solo. Sewu Temple is a temple complex located nearby Prambanan Temple, approximately 800 meters to the south of Rara Jongrang statue.
This temple was probably built in 8th century by Rakai Panangkaran (746-784 AD) and Rakai Pikatan, the kings of Mataram Kingdom. Mataram was under the influence of Syailendra family, who were Buddhist. Scholars estimate that Sewu Temple was the center of religious activities of Buddhist people. The assumption is founded on the content of andesite stone inscription discovered in one of the ancillary temples. The sculpture, known to be Manjusrigita, is written in Ancient Malay dated in the Javanese year of 792. The stone inscription describes prasada purification rituals called Wajrasana Manjusrigrha in the Javanese year of 714 (792 AD). Manjusri is also mentioned in Kelurak stone inscription of 782 AD, discovered near Lumbung temple.
Thousand Temple is situated next to Prambanan Temple, making it part of Prambanan Temple tourism area. The area also has Lumbung Temple and Bubrah Temple. Not far from the area, there are several other temples, namely Gana Temple, around 300 m to the east, Kulon Temple, 300 m to the west, and Lor Temple, around 200 m to the north. Sewu Temple, the second biggest Buddhist temple after Borobudur, and Prambanan temple, which is a Hindu temple, indicate that during the period Hindu and Buddhist communities had lived a harmonious coexisting life.
The name “Sewu” (from Javanese word, means thousand) indicates that there are many shrines included in the Sewu Temple compound, although their number does not reach a thousand. Sewu Temple has 249 shrines; 1 main temple, 8 flanking or intermediate shrines, and 240 ancillary shrines. The main temple is located at the center, surrounded on its four sides by flanking shrines and ancillary shrines in symmetrical arrangement.
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The main temple is laid out on a square area 40 m2 wide, encircled by stone wall 0.85 m high. This temple is polygon in shape with 20 angles and 29 m in diameter. The structure stands 30 m high with 9 roofs, each of which has stupa on top."
(PNRI 2000: http://candi.pnri.go.id/jawa_tengah_yogyakarta/sewu/e_sewu.htm)
Bugisan, Indonesia Page
World:Indonesia:Propinsi Jawa Tengah
Lat -7.7397 Long 110.5006
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/ID/07/Bugisan2.html
Input by: tmciolek, Jul 30, 2010
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 31 Jan 2013
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Sewu monastery, ID.
Lat -7.743889 Long 110.4925
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Sewu-1 [monastery?]
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Indonesia:Propinsi Jawa Tengah
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Candi Sewu monastery
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat -7.743889 Long 110.4925 - based on the visaul recognition of the structure in satellite image, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 31 Jul 2010.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx. Lat -7.7397 Long 110.5006 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/ID/07/Bugisan2.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
- This temple was probably built in 8th century by Rakai Panangkaran (746-784 AD) and Rakai Pikatan [ruled 838—850 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakai_Pikatan], the kings of Mataram Kingdom - PNRI 2000: http://candi.pnri.go.id/jawa_tengah_yogyakarta/sewu/e_sewu.htm
- MBM chrono-tag: 0733-66p 0767-99p 0800-32p - tmciolek 31 Jan 2013
- 0733-66p 0767-99p 0800-32p dated-e
12. Date-intermediate
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13. Date-late
- [missing data]
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
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16. Additional notes
- [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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