Mini Soul Temple and Blandongan Temple, Karawang - Indonesia

[zaldy]

Soul Temple and Blandongan Temple, Karawang region, West Java - Indonesia

This Buddhist Temple complex is in the middle of rice fields.. so it makes distinct object when airborne..

Estimated build between 2nd centuries - 12th centuries, and buid around Tarumajaya Kingdom era on West Java..

The "square" one is Soul Temple, and the "jagged" one is Blandongan Temple..

What do you think folks? Isn't it beautiful?
Shot with Mini SE

 

[55Kevy]

Very nice. Have you been to Borobodur?

 

[zaldy]

Very nice. Have you been to Borobodur?

Yes i've been to Borobudur and Prambanan temple.. but you need special permission from temple's office manager to fly drone in Borobudur or Prambanan Temple.. i've heard people who take off on outside perimeter and fly their drone there to get aerial shot..

Anyway, if you look at Soul and Blandongan Temple, you'll notice it is made of red colour material.. because, unlike most temple in Central Jawa (Borobudur, Prambanan, Ratu Boko, etc) this temple was made from clay bricks..

Temples on Central Java was made from stone, hence Borobudur had black-ish /grey color... Maybe volcanic stone (theres quite active volcanoes on Central Java, where those temples located)

But this Soul and Blandongan temple on West Java are located nowhere near volcanoes or mountains, but in the middle of open rice fields.. and so folks back then had only clay as building material..