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Temples in Yogyakarta

2 temples in the atlas, and a city that keeps going after the gates close.

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Temple tours in Yogyakarta
Javanese Candi
Yogyakarta · IndonesiaJavanese Candi

Borobudur

The largest Buddhist temple in the world, a 9th century stone mandala you climb in a spiral, passing about 1,400 relief panels on the way to a...

Hindu Temple
Yogyakarta · IndonesiaHindu Temple

Prambanan

Slender, spiky and 47 m tall, this is what Hindu Java built to answer Buddhist Borobudur, and the two sit half an hour apart.

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Yogyakarta after dark

Same city, different hour.

The rooftops look back at the spires you photographed at noon. Clean listings, same standard as the temple pages.