Candi Kalasan History
The Kala Face above the southern door has been photographed and used by a number of foreign The temple is richly decorated with buddhist figures such as bodhisattva and gana. No statue is found in the smaller room facing north, west, and south; but the lotus pedestals suggested that the rooms once contains statues of bodhisattvas. Each of four cardinal points have stairs and gates adorned with Kala Makara and also have rooms measured 3,5 square meters.
Candi Kalasan Location
The temple plan is cross shaped 12 corners polygon. Architecture The giant Kala's head on the southern door One of the niches on the wall of Kalasan temple adorned with carvings of Kala giant and scene of deities in svargaloka The temple stands on square 14.20 meters sub basement. Compared to other temples nearby such as Prambanan, Sewu, and Sambisari the temple is not well maintained. Despite being renovated and partially rebuilt during the Dutch colonial era, the temple currently is in poor condition. According to the date of this inscription, Kalasan temple is the oldest among temples built in the Prambanan Plain.
Panangkaran awarded the Kalaça village to sangha buddhist monastic community. According to a Kalasan inscription dated 778 AD, written in Sanskrit using Pranagari script, the temple was erected by the will of Guru Sang Raja Sailendravamçatilaka the Jewel of Sailendra family that succeed to persuade Maharaja Tejapurnapana Panangkaran in other part of the inscription also called as Kariyana Panangkaran to construct a holy building for the goddess boddhisattvadevi Tara and also build a vihara monastery for buddhist monks from Sailendra family's realm.
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