Jogjakarta is one of famous travel destination, city of students, and city of culture in Indonesia. it's the city of students where lots of great universities building here and students from everywhere come to continue their study. Jogjakarta is the city of tourism where there are many of interesting places here. from traditional temple and culture to modern mall and hotels. the city of culture is due to the traditional living style of the people still exist. they still speak in local language "java language". there are lots of traditional buildings in the city such as Borobudur and Prambanan temple.
Borobudur temple is the Budhist temple. it's one of the biggest temple in Indonesia and World Wonder Heritages. it was built in the ninth century. it has 1460 relief panels and 504 Buddha effigies in its complex. Borobudur was built by King Samaratungga, one of the kings of Old Mataram Kingdom, the descendant of Sailendra dynasty. Based on Kayumwungan inscription, an Indonesian named Hudaya Kandahjaya revealed that Borobudur was a place for praying that was completed to be built on 26 May 824, almost one hundred years from the time the construction was begun. The name of Borobudur, as some people say, means a mountain having terraces (budhara), while other says that Borobudur means monastery on the high place.
Prambanan temple is Hindu temple. it has beautiful architecture with 47 meters height. it was built in the tenth century during the reigns of two kings namely Rakai Pikatan and Rakai Balitung. There is a legend in javanese and still belived about this temple. As the story tells, there was a man named Bandung Bondowoso who loved Roro Jonggrang. To refuse his love, Jonggrang asked Bondowoso to make her a temple with 1,000 statues only in one-night time. The request was nearly fulfilled when Jonggrang asked the villagers to pound rice and to set a fire in order to look like morning had broken. Feeling to be cheated, Bondowoso who only completed 999 statues cursed Jonggrang to be the thousandth statue.
