Lumbung

Lumbung or Candi Lumbung is a 9th-century

Prambanan Temple Tourism Park, Central Java, Indonesia. The original name of this temple is unknown, however the local Javanese named the temple "candi lumbung", which means "rice barn temple" in Javanese language.^[1]

Location

It is located several hundred meters north from Prambanan temple, next to the Bubrah temple. The temple is located within Prambanan or Kewu Plain, an archaeologically rich area dotted with numerous Hindu-Buddhist temples dated circa 8th to 9th century CE.

The temple bears so much similarities with nearby

Ancient Mataram Kingdom.^[2]

This temple compound is composed of a main temple surrounded by 16 perwara (smaller) temples in concentric formal layout. The architectural style is similar to those of the Sewu temple complex nearby. Just like the Sewu and Prambanan temples, this temple faces east with its main entrance located on the east side of the temple compound. However the temple can be reached from all cardinal points. The structure is crowned with stupas. Compared to the ruins of Bubrah temple nearby, the compound of Lumbung temple is still in relatively good condition.

^ "SEAlang Library Javanese Lexicography". sealang.net. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
^ V.M.Y. Degroot, Candi, Space and Landscape: "A Study on the Distribution, Orientation and Spatial Organization of Central Javanese Temple Remains", 2010, Sidestone Press