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Location | Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir Regency, South Sumatra, Indonesia |
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Region | Sumatra |
Coordinates | 3°20′53″S 104°05′19″E / 3.348033°S 104.088745°E |
Type | Temple compounds |
History | |
Founded | 8th |
Abandoned | 13th-century |
Periods | Hindu-Buddhist |
Cultures | Srivijaya |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 19th century-present |
Archaeologists | Bambang Budi Utomo |
Bumiayu temple compound, or locally known as Candi Bumiayu, is a Sumatran Shivaist Hindu temple complex located near the banks of Lematang river, precisely in Bumiayu village, Tanah Abang district, Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir Regency, South Sumatra, Indonesia.[1] The temple located about 120 kilometres west of Palembang city.[2] The red brick structures are estimated dated from 8th to 13th-century, and linked to the Srivijaya kingdom.[3][4] Compared to Java, only a few Hindu-Buddhist temple ruins has been rediscovered in Sumatra. The temple is known as one of the few surviving Hindu temple remnant in South Sumatra. Other temple ruins in Sumatra are Muaro Jambi in Jambi, Muara Takus in Riau, and Bahal temple in North Sumatra.[5]