Mendut also not known for certain years of development and the king

SECONDHAND relic from the glory and fame Mahayana school of Buddhism in particular there are still building the temples as evidence of history in Indonesia include: Borobudur, Mendut, Pawon, Sewu, Kalasan, Plaosan, Ngawen, Sari, Sojiwan and Granary. All the historical temple located in the southern part of Central Java province. There are also temples Takus Estuary in Riau-Sumatra and Gunung Tua temple in South Tapanuli.

Mendut

Mendut founded by the first King of the dynasty dynasty in 824 AD, according to Middle Reef inscription in 824 AD, named Indra with Cri Sanggramadananjaya title. This temple is facing west. Mendut (= Venuvana), which means bamboo forests. History Mendut first built, compared to the Borobudur and often Mendut was used for Buddhist religious ceremonies.

The only room in the temple there is an altar which includes three statue / statues, statue lies the one facing the entrance, visible from the middle is the statue of Sakyamuni Buddha statues with chakra mudra, the right hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva statue crowned Buddha Amitabha and to the left, there are statues Bodhisattva Vajravani. Total stupa that is around the temple are 48 pieces. 26.4 m high temple This temple has been found again in 1836.

Year 1897-1904 reorganized again as he improved. And in 1908 held renovation improvements by Th. Van Erp, followed in 1925. A number of stupas that have been dirapihkan, set to be rearranged. Outer wall ornament sculpted reliefs of the temple of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara who looked so very beautiful, besides there is the Bodhisattva Maitreya, Vajrapani, and Manjusri. At the hall door there are relief panels that depict an angel kalpataru Hariti and Atawaka (Asylum and archaeological heritage of Central Java).

Mendut is the second largest temple in the area after Barabudur kudu. This temple is located in the village Mendut, Mungkid, Magelang, located about 38 km to the northwest of the city of Yogyakarta and 3 km from Temple Barabudur. Mendut Budhistis and is closely related to Borobudur Temple and Pawon. Even the third temple is a unity and are in a straight line.

Mendut also not known for certain years of development and the king who ruled at that time. However J.G. de Casparis in his dissertation Mendut connecting with the king Indra, one of the king's descent Sailendra. An inscription found in the village numbered from the year 824 AD Karangtengah issued another Sailendra king of Samarattungga, mentions that the king Indra Samarattungga father had built a shrine called Venuvana (bamboo forest). If Casparis opinion is correct, then Mendut founded around the year 8000 AD as well. Other data that can be used as of Mendut was the discovery of short papers (part of the Buddhist mantra) that allegedly came from the top of the entrance.

In terms of the text paleografis there are similarities with the short writings on the temple reliefs Karmawibhangga Mendut Barabudur that allegedly contemporaneous with Barabudur and probably older.

In 1834 he began to get attention Mendut despite experiencing the same fate as other temples, namely the condition of collapse. Hartman, a resident Kedu when it began to pay attention Mendut. In 1897, made the preparations for restoration. From the years 1901-1907 J.L.A. Brandes stepped forward and tried to restore Mendut and then in 1908 followed by Van Erp, although not successfully complete overhaul.

J.G. de Casparis Mendut built argues that the temple to venerate ancestors Sailendra. In the main room of this temple there are 3 statues that experts say statues are identified as Cakyamuni flanked by bodhisattvas, Lokeswara and Vajrapani. In the book of Sang Hyang Kamahayanikan mentioned that the highest reality (advaya) manifests itself in 3 gods (Jina), namely: Cakyamuni, Lokesvara, and Vajrapani. As a temple that is Budhistist, the reliefs in Mendut also contains the stories of moral teachings that are usually in the form of animal stories from Pancatantra sourced from India. The story, among others, is a tortoise that was flown by two male swans and anal some described below as if the shepherd who mock turtle. Because the turtles are emotional in response to insults, then apart bite of wood stems that are held so that dropped dead. The core story is a doctrine about the nature of pride that would harm themselves.

Directions Mendut inappropriately towards the west, but slightly shifted to the northwest. Size building overall is 13.7 x 13.7 meters high and up to some of its roof about 26.5 meters.