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Early medieval · Hindu · Indonesia
Sambisari Temple
Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta · -7.7625°, 110.4471°
Shiva (lingga-yoni in the main chamber)Mataram Kingdom—
Sacred since
812 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
early 9th c. (Mataram)
Mataram Kingdom
History & significance
A ninth-century Shaiva temple compound that lay buried about five metres deep under Merapi volcanic deposits until a farmer struck its carved stone in 1966; excavation and reconstruction were completed in 1987, leaving the shrine sitting in a sunken courtyard.