Indonesia — Semarang, Pawon Buddhist Temple and Silver Filigree

As I mentioned in a preceding article, there are three Buddhist temples in this area. And if you take a map and connect them, you’ll get a straight line. Borobudur lies 1.09 miles/1.75km west. Mendut is east and lies slightly closer to the middle temple, .71 miles/1.15km. We did not visit Mendut, but we did travel from Borobudur to the middle temple, Pawon.

As with Borobudur, Pawon is believed to date back to the 9th century during the Shailenra Dynasty.

But unlike Borobudur, which is the largest Buddhist structure in the world, Pawon probably rates as one of the smallest.

There is much less decoration here, as well. But nevertheless you will find some intricate relief work:

Next up after Pawon was a nearby silversmith who you’ll note does some very intricate silver filigree work:

Next week it’s dragons without the dungeons, but before that we still have a Java Fun Photo Friday coming up.

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