Mendut Temple

Mendut temple is a Buddhist temple. This temple is located in the village Mendut, Mungkid district, Magelang regency, Central Java, a few kilometers from Borobudur temple.

Mendut founded during the reign of King Indra Syailendra dynasty. In the tablets that bertarikh Karangtengah 824 AD, mentioned that the king Indra has built a shrine called wenuwana which means bamboo forests. By a Dutch archaeologist named J.G. de Casparis, this word is connected with Mendut.

Actual temple building materials are brick covered with natural stone. The building is located on a basement high, so that it looks more elegant and sturdy. Up stairs and the entrance facing southwest. In the basement there is the hallway that surrounds the body of the temple. The roof is three-tiered and decorated with small stupas. The number of small stupas built now is 48 units.

Decoration found on the form of ornaments Mendut intermittent. Decorated with carvings of celestial beings and gods gandarwa apsara or an angel, two-tailed macaques and a lone eagle.

On both sides there are stairs Pancatantra reliefs and Jataka stories.
Hariti.

Boddhisatwa temple reliefs decorated the walls of which Awalokiteswara, Maitreya, Wajrapāṇi and Manjusri. On the wall of the temple there is a relief Kalpataru body, two angels, Hariti (a yaksi who repent and then follow the Buddha) and Āţawaka.
Buddha in a position dharmacakramudra.

Inside the temple there are statues of Buddha holding a large amount to three: the Dhyani Buddha Wairocana with an attitude of hands (mudras) dharmacakramudra. In front there is a relief in the form of statues of Buddha flanked by a pair of wheels and a deer, a symbol of the Buddha. On the left side there are statues Awalokiteswara (Padmapāņi) and the right statue Wajrapāņi. Now in front of Buddha statues, incense and incense placed baskets to donate. The visitors could light a incense and prayed here.