The SEWU-Temple Phenomenon | Why is it Raining inside This Temple?

Today, we take you on a journey to the majestic Sewu Temple where we witnessed a very strange phenomenon.Show more

The Sewu Temple, also known as Candi Sewu, is the third-largest ancient temple complex in Indonesia. Located in Central Java, near the city of Yogyakarta, the temple lies only about 900 meters north of the majestic Prambanan temple and about 35km south east from the famous Borobudur temple.

Though the name Sewu Temple means "a thousand temples," in reality, the complex consists of one main temple surrounded by 240 smaller ones. Same as Prambanan.

Historians believe that the three temple complexes of Borobudur, Prambanan and Sewu are all dating back to roughly the same period between the 8th and 9th century while Sewu Temple is thought to be the oldest.

While there is an ongoing debate about the true origin of Sewu temple, there are two ancient stone tablets that seem to provide some important details:

The Kelurak inscription and the Manjusrigrha inscription.

The Kelurak Inscription which is dated to 782AD has been found around 3,5km away from Sewu temple. It gives indications about the Buddhist inclinations of the Mataram Kingdom and confirms that Buddhism was a significant religion during this period in Central Java. The inscription mentions the building of a vihara which translates to “temple” or “Buddhist monastery”. Given the close proximity and the timeline, many historians and archaeologists associate the vihara mentioned in the Kelurak Inscription with the Sewu Temple complex.

The Manjusrigrha Inscription is another essential historical artifact associated with the temples of Central Java, especially the Sewu Temple. The stone tablet is dated to 792 AD and the term "Manjusrigrha" literally translates to "The House of Manjusri”. Manjusri is a deity associated with wisdom in Mahayana Buddhism which also represents the fully enlightened Buddha.

The inscription mentions the construction of a sacred building to honor Manjusri. Considering the proximity, the timeline and along with the temple's architectural and iconographical style, historians and archaeologists commonly identify the Sewu Temple as the structure in the inscription.

However, we have to mention, that we cannot be 100% sure that these stone tablets are really referring to the Sewu temple as there are many other Buddhist temples in the area, such as the nearby lumbung temple or the even older Mendut temple which forms a straight line with the temples of Pawon and Borobudur.

We will give you now a tour around the temple complex and we will enter some of the smaller temples. After that we will take you inside the main building where we witnessed an unexplainable phenomenon.

On that particular day, we arrived around 6am at the gates of Prambanan temple complex which is around 1km south of Sewu temple. After vsiting Prambanan, we had lunch and continued our visit to Sewu temple. It was a very hot and sunny day and there was absolutely zero rain in the area.

When we entered the main building of Sewu Temple, some huge water drops were continuously pouring from the temples ceiling, as if it was heavily raining outside and the water was leaking through the roof. But there was no rain in the area the whole day!

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00:00 Introduction
00:46 Facts about Sewu, Prambanan & Borobudur Temple
02:54 Exploring the Sewu temple complex
05:29 The stone tablets
07:36 We continue to explore outside
09:02 The main building
11:20 Investigating the inner sanctuary
17:28 A strange creature