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Prambanan Temple Prambanan or Rara Jonggrang is a 9th-century Hindu temple compound it is located in Central Java , Indonesia . Prambanan dedicated to the Trimurti , the expression of God as the Creator ( Brahma ), the Preserver ( Vishnu ) and the Destroyer ( Shiva ). The temple compound is located approximately 17 kilometres (11 mil) northeast of the city of Yogyakarta on the boundary between Central Java and Yogyakarta province. The Prambanan temple is the largest Hindu temple of ancient Java, and the first building was completed in the mid-9th century. It was likely started by Rakai Pikatan as the Hindu Sanjaya Dynasty's answer to the Buddhist Sailendra Dynasty's Borobudur and Sewu temples nearby. Historians suggest that the construction of Prambanan probably was meant to mark the return...