SAMBISARI YOGYAKARTA

Sambisari Temple is located at Sambisari village, Purwomartani, Kalasan. This temple was found accidentally by a farmer working on his land in 1966. This temple had been covered by the cold lava from Mount Merapi more or less 6,5 meter.

The division of the temple mostly similar to Prambanan Temple, but in a simple shape, since Sambisari Temple is a watak temple and Prambanan Temple is a kingdom temple.

The area of Sambisari Temple consists of a main temple and three perwara temples on the front side. The first area covers 50 x 48 meters, sorrounded by white-stoned fence. The main temple sizes 13,65 x 13,65 meters and 7,5 meters in height, from foundation (foot), body, and top. It faces to the west and has only one room (bilik). The three perwara leaves only the foot part without thebody and the top; each 4,80 x 4,80 meters.

Inside the bilik of the main temple, there is lingga-yoni with cerat yoni facing to north. Bilik also has several relung containing arca. The north relung has Durga, the east relung has arca of Ganeca, and the south relung has arca of Agastya. On the right-left side of the entrance, there is also relung without any arca.

On the outer part of the temple, there is a corridor (selasar) sorrounding the body of the temple bordered with fences (pagar langkan). On the corridor, there are 12 umpak (8 umpak rounded, 4 umpak in square) which were functioned as foundation of the shelters and the top part of the temple.

Access to the temple is very easy because the entrance to the temple has been in the asphalt. To get to the location of the temple, tourists can use the two-wheeled vehicle or four wheel drive because the access road area. There is also the location of parking around the temple are spacious and safe. Tourists pay enough Rp.2000, - / adults and only Rp. 1000, - / children to be able to enter the territory Sambisari. These costs are very cheap to see the evidence which contains historical value held by this Sambisari.

This temple is an ancient buildings that have historical value, so for the management carried out by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Institute for Conservation of Archaeological Heritage (BP3) in Yogyakarta. Therefore, if tourists or visitors want to take advantage of that location can directly contact the Institute for Preservation of Archaeological Heritage (BP3) of Yogyakarta, located in Yogya-Solo Road km 15, Bogem, Kalasan Sleman, Yogyakarta.