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Candi Mendut

Keywords : Candi, Shailendra dynasty, Candi Pawon, Borobudur, Candi Mendut

Site common nameCandi Mendut
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/City-
StateCentral Java
CountryIndonesia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : -6.2375763
Long : 107.0184949

History of productionCandi Mendut was constructed by Śailendra dynasty who followed Mahāyāna Budhism. This temple is contemporaneous to Candi Pawon And Borobudur.
ArtThe temple rests on the huge platform providing the space for circumambulation. The wall of the body is divided into three portions. The central portion depicts the sitting figure of Bodhisattva while the corner portions depict the standing statues of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas (Aṣṭamahābodhisattva). This allows Candi Mendut to be comparable to the Mahayanist Iconographic diagram. The superstructure of this temple follows the South Indian fashion, the stepped multi-tiered roof. However, the roof of this temple is ornamented with miniature Stupas (Stūpika), typical to the Central Javanese art. The decoration of miniature stupas on the top of the roof is associated with Buddhism.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodMid Central Javanese Art
Age13th-15th century BE
ReligionBuddhism
SectMahayana

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-07-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali