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TEMPLE TOUR MENDUT

4 November 2011

Mendut Mendut

Mendut older than Borobudur temple. There is a story for children on the walls.
 
MENDUT 
 
Mendut located 3 km to the east of Borobudur, a Buddhist temple built in 824 AD by King's sense of dynastic dynasty. Inside Mendut there are 3 (three) big statue.

     Cakyamuni who was sitting cross-legged with the hands turning the wheel of dharma.
     Awalokiteswara as Bodhi Satwa help mankind
     Awalokiteswara is a statue of Amitabha which is above the crown, Vajrapani. She is holding a red lotus flowers placed on the palm of the hand.
     Maitreya as the savior of the human in the future

There is a story for children on the walls. The temple is often used to celebrate the Vesak ceremony each May on the night of full moon and visited by pilgrims from Indonesia and foreign countries.

This temple is older than Borobudur temple. The architecture was rectangular and has entrances on the ladder. The roof is also square and terraced, there is a stupa on top of it.
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