CANDI SARI
Candi Sari is similar to the Plaosan temples, with 2
storeys, windows, internal cuttings for wooden joists supporting the floors and
superb external reliefs of heavenly beings. Temples like Sari and Plaosan were
probably also monasteries where priest, votaries and pilgrims live above the
sanctuaries. Some of Candi Sari’s relief statues show traces of “ diamond
plaster”, hard and stone –like , which helped preserve the carvings , enabled
sculptors to add fine detail and provided a base for the bright paint work that
once lit up these temples like immense, multi-faceted gems.
CANDI PLAOSAN
Plaosan, about 1km east of Sewu, originally consisted of 2
large, rectangular temples. Both were 2 storeyed, 3 roomed buildings, bounded
by a multitude of little shrines and solid stupas.One major temple has been
restored and a good reason for visiting Plaosan is to see restoration work in
progress on the other: a painstaking task where stones are stripped from the
ruins of the old site and fitted together like a monstrous jigsaw puzzle before
being reassembled as a whole. The restored temple contains a number of
beautiful small Buddhas and bodhisattvas, very fie kala heads above the windows
(an unusual feature) and reliefs which perhaps depict donors who helped finance
the building
CANDI CETA
A 15 km walk from Candi Sukuh.You pass through a small
village, then it’s 6km beyond. At 1500 m altitude, it’s 600 m higher than
Sukuh, but not as fascinating. Ceta is in poorer condition, not having the
statues and monuments that Sukuh has, just guardian figures and linggas.
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