This temple is a temple located at Bukit Ijo. The temple name is taken from the location of the temple was built. Candi Ijo itself is the highest temple in Yogyakarta compared to other temples in Yogyakarta, because this green hill has an elevation of about 357.402 m - 395.481 m asl. The temple is located at Bukit Ijo Ijo, Sambirejo village, Prambanan subdistrict, Sleman, Yogyakarta.
Candi Ijo Kalasan is located between the hills similar to other temples such as the Temple of Queen Boko, Barong and Banyunibo Temple located on the hills Prambanan subdistrict. According to estimates, Ijo Temple was built around the 9th century AD. If tourists have come to the temple area, to the south would seem a steep valley is very beautiful. If travelers looking towards the West, it would seem Adisucipto airport is located on the west side of this hill.
Candi Ijo building consists of 17 building structures and divided into 11 terraces. The first terrace is a page that will lead to the entrance is a terrace staircase stretching from west to east. On the terrace there are eight bags phallus, the main temple building and three ancillary temples. From 11th Terrace, the most sacred located on the highest terrace to terrace-11.
Variety relief that can be encountered carved on temple walls signify this temple Hindu heritage. Above the entrance there are kala makara with motifs and attributes. Kala makara can also be found at Buddhist temples which shows that this temple is a form of acculturation is a social process that occurs if there is mixing two or more cultures meet each other and influence each other in this respect between cultures Buddhist and Hindu culture. Some temples have time makara motif among others temples Ngawen, Plaosan and Candi Sari.
Tourists can also see relics of another form of Linga - Yoni contained in the temple. Lingga Yoni contained in this Kalasan Candi Ijo has a fairly large size and the largest in Indonesia. According to the Head of Unit Candi Ijo, the size of the Linga Yoni indicates the magnitude of the worship of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati (his wife). In addition to presenting Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, Lingga-Yoni is a description of the nature of men and women who could be meaningful as fertility and the beginning of a life in the world.
Phallus-shaped stone that stands above the cylindrical shaped Yoni niche that has a tip as the flow of water. Sculptured shape of a dragon's head and a turtle sustain a flow of water from Yoni. It is probable that the worship of Lord Shiva carried out by pouring water over the Lingga to flow to the Yoni and the water flow is regarded as holy water.
After observing Linga - Yoni interesting, tourists can continue to observe other statues and reliefs contained in Candi Ijo Jogja. There is a statue of Nandi or the bull where the animal is used by the vehicle of Lord Shiva. While the statues - statues such as the statue of Agastya, Ganesh and Durga which was once the decoration on specific places on the temple walls have now been recorded in the Office of Archaeological Heritage Preservation Hall (BP3) Yogyakarta. Furthermore, there is relief depicting a man and woman who were drifting depicting Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati as a useful symbol to ward off evil spirits.
Another uniqueness is owned Ijo Temple is the former one of the foundations of the temple carved directly from the limestone hills that are embedded in the ground. In contrast to the foundation of the temple in general composed of andesite rocks. The carvings were done in this limestone you can see while the body of the building still has not been arranged.
Other relics of interest is the discovery of two stone inscriptions found on the terrace of the 8th. The first inscription measuring 1 meter that reads Guywan which means hermitage. While the second inscription is smaller as high as 14 cm and 9 cm thick predicted a curse spell that says 16 pieces were repeated sentences - which reads om re Sarwwawinasa, Sarwwawinasa. Both inscriptions are now kept in the National Museum in Jakarta.
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