On the day we left Borobudur to return to Bali we had time to visit Prambanan, the Hindu temple which had been impossibly crowded on the day we arrived.
We managed to last for 1 1/2 hours in the midday heat. That's a tribute to the high quality of the stone relief on the walkways which surround some of these buildings at one level up. The interiors were nothing special.
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| Approaching the main area |
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| Sort of looks like those sand castles you make from sand dripping. |
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| Not much on the exterior in the way of reliefs, but the decorative elements are ok. |
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| A Battle of Some Kind |
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| Battle Detail - Looks like a big shot is overthrown and is getting a conch shell blown in his ear |
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| Some minor sculptural work tucked into little niches |
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| A fine and puzzling piece of work - Requires further study. |
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| We don't think this detail shows fellatio. We will have to consult experts. Maybe it's a god feeding devotees. Suggestions are welcomed. [April 6 - On further study, I think it's a woman (goddess?) nursing two children.] |
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| An energetic scene of humans and other animals. |
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| In a detail of the above we see an act of animal kindness - a blind cow is being pushed in the right direction by a helpful bull. The position of the bull hindquarters behind them is mystifying. |
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| Graceful gossiping |
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| A nice piece of work. |
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| We managed to revisit the restaurant where we had lunch on the first day, allowing me to take a better photo of that magnificent wooden gong. Eight feet long, I estimate. |
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