Mendut Temple, Magelang, Central Java

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MENDUT TEMPLE



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Hello everyone how are you?
Sorry if I just had time to write in the community today.
The past few days I was very busy because I was in the village for vacation and there was very difficult signal.
My first holiday came to Magelang City. During my vacation in Magelang City I had the opportunity to visit a temple that was there.
This temple is very close to my mother-in-law's house.
The temple is named MENDUT Temple.

This is the first time I visited the temple, when I came it was late I thought I could not enter the garden. It just so happened that there were still officers on guard, so I immediately asked for permission to enter even though I couldn't enter the temple because it was closed at that time. At that time I could only take a few pictures from the outside.



About Temple Mendut


Invention And History


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Mendut Temple is a temple located on Jl. Mayor Kusen, Sumberrejo, Mendut, Kec. Mungkid, Magelang Regency, Central Java., Mendut Temple was lost and was first rediscovered in 1836. Mendut Temple was found in a collapsed state buried under the ground and overgrown with bushes. In that year the Mendut temple began to be cleaned, then the entire Mendut temple building began to be found, except for the roof of the temple which was not found. In 1897-1904, the Dutch had carried out initial restoration, excavation and repair efforts. The restoration has succeeded in building the legs and body of Mendut Temple.
Mendut Temple is located not far from Borobudur Temple, the distance is about 3 kilometers from Borobudur Temple.


Mendut Temple is a Mahayana Buddhist temple which was founded during the reign of King Indra of the Syailendra Dynasty.
Evidenced by the Karang Tengah inscription dated 824 AD, the inscription states that King Indra had built a sacred building called crimat venuwana, which means a sacred building in a bamboo forest.
Mendut Temple is part of the Borobudur Temple Compound, which is listed as world heritage number 592.




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The stairs to enter are located on the west side, right in front of the entrance to the room in the body of the Mendut temple. The entrance to the room is complete with a viewing booth that juts out. The viewing booth is in the form of a hallway with a ceiling that is in the form of an elongated cavity with a triangular cross-section.

There are several carved panels on the wall of the stairs, which depict various stories containing Buddhist teachings. The base of the stair's cheek is decorated with a pair of dragon heads whose mouths are open or wide open, inside of which there is an animal that looks like a lion. Then under the dragon's head there is another panel depicting a dwarf creature similar to Gana. The roof of the Mendut temple consists of three cubes that are arranged upwards the smaller the shape, but the top of the roof is no longer left so it is not known what the original shape was.
If I count there are 14 steps that we can pass to get to the front entrance of the temple.



Mendut temple park is very wide and green, to the left of the temple there is a large and shady banyan tree. Under the tree there are several long chairs that can be used to sit back and relax and take shelter when the weather is hot.


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The garden is a bit dirty with fallen leaves, because I came here not long after it rained so it's only natural that this place is dirty because the leaves are carried by the wind.



In addition to the chairs arranged under a tree, there is also a picture or floor plan of the Mendut temple that we can see its layout.More precisely, this is a map of Mendut Temple.


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If you visit this temple, don't worry if you will get lost in it because the situation of this temple is not complicated and easy to explore.



There is a flower garden that is neatly arranged with the addition of natural stone designs, located not far from the large banyan tree earlier. Right in front of this flower garden are also placed 2 long chairs.


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When I walked around the temple I was amazed by the carvings on the walls of the temple. It is said that every sculpture found on the walls of this temple has a different meaning.
The sculptures on the temple walls are also different. I managed to take only a few pictures as it is higher than me and difficult to reach.


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I continued to walk around the temple, if on the left of the temple there was another banyan tree with the one on the right of the temple. There are 2 small statues placed on the right side of the temple.


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Besides we can enjoy the beauty of the temple, on the outside of the temple there are also several souvenir sellers. Souvenirs that are sold are like puppets, ashtrays in the shape of temples, bracelets, key chains and so on. I also stopped by for a while to buy some souvenirs that I would share with my relatives at home. The price that is priced is not expensive, in my opinion the price is still limited.


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Even though this was my first visit to Mendut temple and I couldn't go inside but I was very happy. Mendut Temple is a relic of ancient people and was lost before being rediscovered, the design, architecture and buildings are extraordinary. I am very amazed by this temple, if you think about how great it was that ancient people were able to build temples like this.



Thank you for reading my blog, sorry if the writing and information I provide is incomplete and messy. Goodbye, hopefully I can have the opportunity to write again in this community.




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Old constructions have always fascinated me, especially knowing their construction method, which requires a lot of man-hours for a perfect finish, and the results are surprising as seen in your publication.

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I also liked it and was amazed, the construction in the old days was extraordinary. Although ancient but still we can enjoy its beauty.

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That really look like an ancient temple vividly standing and representing ancient history

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yes it is, although ancient but still interesting. Thank you

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We also have this kind of tree in our country, we call it Balete.

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it turns out we have the same type of tree, we used to call it Resan.

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