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Early medieval · Buddhist · Indonesia
Sojiwan Temple
Kebon Dalem Kidul, Klaten, Central Java · -7.7611°, 110.4961°
Buddha (Mahayana; dedicated to Queen Pramodhawardhani)Sailendra (Mataram)Andesite Buddhist candi
Sacred since
842 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 842-850 CE (Sailendra)
Sailendra (Mataram)
History & significance
A Mahayana Buddhist temple south of Prambanan, dated by the Rukam inscription to between 842 and 850 and understood as a dedication to Queen Pramodhawardhani, whose name the site carries. Its main shrine rises 27 m and its base is carved with bas-reliefs illustrating Pancatantra and Jataka fables; reconstruction, delayed by the 2006 earthquake, finished in December 2011.