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Banyunibo
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Banyunibo (Javanese: "dripping water") is a

9th-century Buddhist temple located in Cepit hamlet,
Bokoharjo village, Prambanan, Sleman Regency,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The temple, dating from the
era of Medang Kingdom, sits in a narrow valley
surrounded by paddy fields about two kilometers
southeast of the Ratu Boko archaeological park on
the east side of modern Yogyakarta. Further north is
the Prambanan temple, and to the south are the
Gunung Sewu hills, extension of Gunung Kidul hills.

Contents Banyunibo located in the center of paddy field

southeast of Ratu Boko
1 Architecture
2 Location
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Architecture
Banyunibo has a curved rooftop design crowned with a solitary stupa, this theme is unique among the
surviving Buddhist temples of Central Java. The curved rooftop was probably meant to symbolize lotus or
padma petals, or it probably meant to mimic the organic roof made from ijuk fibres (black fibres
surrounding the trunk of Arenga pinnata) common in ancient Java vernacular architecture and also can be
found today in Balinese temple roof architecture. The main structure was originally surrounded by stupas at
ground level, the foundations of which can still be seen today. The stupas foundations are arranged in a row
of three stupas in south side of the temple, and three stupas on the east side. The northern side probably also
contain the base of three stupas, however it still buried under a meter thick of earth. The main temple is
facing west.[1]

The stairs and the portal of the temple are adorned with typical
Kala-Makara style, typical of ancient Central Javanese temples dated
from this period. Makara is located on each side of the stair and Kala
head is located on top of the portals. The niches surrounding the
body of the temple are adorned with the images of boddhisattvas,
while the niches upon the windows are adorned with the images of
taras with each hands holding flowers. The inner wall is adorned
with the image of Hariti surrounded by children (some parts of this
relief are missing) and Vaisravana. The inner wall also adorned with
a bald male figure underneath an umbrella being upheld by servants,
suggests that it may represent one of the temple's patrons. Temple reliefs

The collapsed ruins of Banyunibo were discovered in November

1940. Research continued to 1942 and succeeded to reconstruct the roof and the portal section of the temple.

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The reconstruction was halted due to World War II and Indonesian National Revolution. In 1962 the
restoration of sub-basement, foot, and wall section of the temple, as well as the north wall, was finished.
The reconstruction of Banyunibo temple was completed in 1978.

Location
wikimapia (http://wikimapia.org/#lat=-7.778031&lon=110.49418&z=16&l=0&m=a&v=2)

See also
Candi of Indonesia
Prambanan Plain

References
1. Ancient Mataram (http://ancientmataram.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/candi-banyunibo/)

External links
The images of Banyunibo (http://www.borobudur.tv/banyunibo.htm)

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