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Pawon

9th century · 9th century · Also known as Pawon temple, Candi Pawon

Pawon is a small 9th-century Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia, standing between Mendut and Borobudur on a straight line with both. Built under the Sailendra dynasty, it is decorated with reliefs of wish-granting trees and celestial beings. Together with Mendut and Borobudur it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991.

Pawon
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Sailendra Kingdom

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Pawon. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pawon
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“Pawon.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pawon. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Pawon.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pawon.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Pawon’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pawon (Accessed: ).

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