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Candi Sari

Kabupaten Sleman · DI Yogyakarta · Indonesia

AI rating4.5

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Heritage

Local notes —

Head to Sari Temple in Bendan, Tirtomartani, Kalasan, Sleman Regency, distinct from the temple of the same name in Boyolali. The pin follows the Google Maps marker for the Sleman temple, not camera coordinates or a surveyed entrance. Confirm hours, admission, access and permitted routes with the operator. Protect the reliefs and follow barriers; the archive photograph does not establish current permission to enter the chambers.

Official source: place identity and story

Google Maps: The provisional AI reference adopts one Google Maps aggregate unchanged: 4.5/5 from 1,203 reviews on the Candi Sari listing, checked on 7 October 2026. It includes no independent assessment of quality or access; confidence was not calculated. Not a personal experience assessment or a Floopel user rating.

Photo credits

Archive photograph Candi Sari from the front, 23 November 2013.jpg — Crisco 1492 (Chris Woodrich), CC BY-SA 3.0. Taken and uploaded on 23 November 2013. EXIF records a Canon EOS 60D and Adobe Photoshop CC Windows, with a file-change time on the same day. Exact source operations are unverified. Commons resized the 5167 × 3456 source to 1280 × 856; input was sent with unchanged Floopel bytes, without cropping, retouching, blurring or AI. No claim of raw or previously uncropped pixels is made. The media system processes files for delivery; public byte identity and EXIF retention are not claimed. The photograph is an archive view, not a guarantee of current conditions or access.

Why it matters

Window openings offer one way to recognise Sari Temple. This Buddhist structure in Bendan, Tirtomartani has two-storey architecture recorded in DIY heritage documentation. Its reliefs and arrangement of openings invite visitors to consider the relationship between light, space and the building’s function. That source discusses a possible use as a vihara; this remains an interpretation rather than a certainty that can be established from a photograph alone. The archive front view shows the facade and stone details on one side. Observing the building from permitted routes provides a way to read Kalasan’s architectural heritage without assuming that its chambers or every part of the structure are currently open to visitors.

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