Kalasan

Kalasan is a ninth-century Buddhist temple on the plain east of Yogyakarta, thought to be among the oldest of the many shrines around Prambanan. Built of stone and once dedicated to the goddess Tara, its walls are carved with graceful celestial figures and framed by elaborate kala-makara motifs above the doorways. Traces of a hard plaster called vajralepa, which once gave the stone a smooth golden finish, still cling to parts of the surface. Though weathered and partly ruined, it is a fine example of the religious architecture of the.