Perwara Temple Restoration in Prambanan Spend Costs IDR 2,6 Billion

VIVA – The Perwara Temple located in row 1 number 5 of the Prambanan Temple complex is restored which took approximately three years and spend cost IDR 2.6 billion.

The inauguration of the Perwara Temple restoration was carried out by the Director General of Culture of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Higher Education; Hilmar Farid. Also present were the Managing Director of PT Taman Wisata Candi (TWC) Borobodur, Prambanan, and Ratu Boko; Febrina Intan and the Head of the Manggar Region X Cultural Preservation Center; Sari Ayuwati.

Hilmar Farid said that the Perwara Temple restoration is not just restoring the temple site but there is a long process of research and knowledge in it. Also, it is not just arranging stones to form a temple there is a process in it.

The process of restoring one Perwara Temple, Hilmar explained, took three years, preceded by research. Afterward, the physical restoration takes 10 months to a year.

"The budget is around IDR 2.6 billion for one Perwara Temple. This is a big job and its significance is that we can reconstruct the temple. Not only culturally and historically, but also technically," said Hilmar, Friday, February 3, 2023.

Hilmar appreciated the temple restorers under the Region X Cultural Preservation Center who worked to restore the Perwara Temple. Hilmar said the work was something extraordinary.

"This is an extraordinary job. There are stone searchers and installers. They work with their expertise that not just anyone can restore this Perwara Temple," said Hilmar.

"I highly appreciate the team of restorers because their knowledge is extraordinary. They can match actually unique stones. This is a big job and its significance is that we can reconstruct the temple," continued Hilmar.

It is known that there are 224 Perwara Temples surrounding Prambanan Temple. Currently, only six Perwara Temples have been restored. only six have been restored. Two Perwara Temples were restored during the Dutch period in 1937. The other four were restored in 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2023.