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KALASAN TEMPLE
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This unique Buddhist temple is located some 16 hen east of Yogyakarta on the south side of the main road between Yogyakarta and Prambanan. The temple was built in the honor of the marriage between King Pancapana of the Sanjaya Dynasty and a Princess of the Cailendra Dynasty, Dyah Pramudya Wardhani. It is beautifully ornamented with finely carved relief and coated with "Vajralepa", a yellowish |
| material made of the sap of certain three. The Vajralepa functioned as adhesive and as protection against moss and mildew, and refined the carving as well. This temple is 24 meters high and base built in the form of a Greek Cross. | |