Mendut Temple
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Mendut is a ninth-century Buddhist temple, located in Mendut village, Mungkid sub-district, Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. It is located about east of another temple, Borobudur, and along with Pawon forms a straight line of three temples. There is a mutual religious relationship between the three temples, although the exact ritual process is unknown.
Key facts
- Historic site.name
- Mendut
- Historic site.native_language
- jv
- Historic site.image
- Candi_Mendut_-_facade_north_(2025)_-_img_01.jpg
- Historic site.caption
- Northen view of Candi Mendut
- Historic site.locmapin
- Indonesia Java#Indonesia
- Historic site.map_caption
- Location within Java
- Historic site.location
- Magelang, Central Java
- Historic site.built
- Originally built in the 9th century during the reign of the Sailendra Dynasty
- Historic site.restored
- 1925
- Historic site.architect
- Gunadharma
- Historic site.designation1
- WHS
- Historic site.designation1_type
- Cultural
- Historic site.designation1_criteria
- i, ii, vi
- Historic site.designation1_date
- 1991 (15th session)
- Historic site.designation1_partof
- Borobudur Temple Compounds
- Historic site.designation1_number
- 592
- Historic site.designation1_free1name
- Region
- Historic site.designation1_free1value
- Southeast Asia
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Mendut is a ninth-century Buddhist temple, located in Mendut village, Mungkid sub-district, Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. It is located about east of another temple, Borobudur, and along with Pawon forms a straight line of three temples. There is a mutual religious relationship between the three temples, although the exact ritual process is unknown.
== History == thumb|left|The ruins of Mendut temple before restoration, 1880. Built around the early ninth century AD, Mendut is the oldest of the three temples including Pawon and Borobudur. According to the Karangtengah inscription, the temple was built and finished during the reign of King Indra of the Shailendra dynasty. The inscription, dated 824 AD, mention that he constructed a sacred building named Venuvana, which means "bamboo forest". The Dutch archaeologist JG de Casparis has connected this description with Mendut.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mendut Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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