Prambanan Temple in Yogyakarta, Indonesia | One of the five great wonders of the East, a Hindu temple

Prambanan Temple Complex is located on the island of Java in Indonesia, it is the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia and the largest in Southeast Asia. It is one of the five great wonders of the East, along with the Pyramids, Angkor Wat, the Great Wall, and Borobudur. The temple complex was built around the late 9th century and consists of hundreds of temples of different sizes. Many buildings collapsed in a major earthquake in the 16th century, turning into a pile of rubble. Prambanan Temple was built with volcanic rock, and the builders of the 9th century used a spoon-lock method to connect the stones into a temple. Experts must find the right stones to connect in the vast 'sea of stones', the restoration project is huge and difficult, and only one small temple can be restored in a year. After a thousand years of history, only the remnants of the small pagodas around Prambanan remain, because many stones have been stolen and are not enough for reconstruction, so they can only maintain the status quo, but this also adds a lot of vicissitudes to this monument. The three large towers lined up on the horizon are dedicated to Shiva (the god of destruction), Vishnu (the god of order), and Brahma (the god of creation), with the largest one in the center belonging to Shiva, the tower is 47 meters high; the three small towers in front of the three large towers are dedicated to the mount gods of the main gods, the god cow, the god swan, and the god eagle. The Shiva Temple is located in the center, with four stone chambers in the east, south, west, and north. The main chamber houses a 3-meter-high statue of Shiva, and the other three stone chambers are dedicated to Shiva's wife Durga, his incarnation Rishi Agastya, and his son Ganesha. The decorations on the fence of the Shiva Temple are the reliefs from the Ramayana about Hanuman and the Monkey Kingdom. The monkeys have intelligent and sharp expressions, and their gestures seem thick and simple. Prambanan Temple is listed as a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO, it is the most magnificent Hindu temple in Indonesia, a shining pearl in the history of world architecture, sculpture, and painting art, and its official name is now Prambanan Cultural Tourism Park. 📍Detailed address: Prambanan Temple: 18 kilometers northeast of Yogyakarta city center, Indonesia Ticket: 25 US dollars