Candi Pengkalan Bujang (Site 21)

Candi Pengkalan Bujang (25 July, 2015)


Candi Pengkalan Bujang (GPS: 5.73911, 100.4133) is an ancient Hindu temple that was once built at Pengkalan Bujang in the Bujang Valley, Kedah. It was discovered by Quaritch Wales in 1936. This candi, numbered as Site 21, is located next to Site 22 at the Pengkalan Bujang Archaeological Site.

Between 1976 and 1977 the candi at Site 21 was moved to the Bujang Valley Archaeological Park, where it was rebuilt next to Candi Bukit Batu Pahat. Candi Pengkalan Bujang Site 21 is an eight-sided stupa, similar to Hindu temples in Odissa, India. These eight sides, according to historian Dato V. Nadarajan, represents the Meru Chakra, which harnesses the universal cosmic energy to protect mankind.

The Waleses discovered at the site of Candi Pengkalan Bujang five terracotta Buddhist statues and a bronze Bodhisattva in the Dharmacakaramudra posture. The discoveries point to Buddhist elements in an otherwise Hindu temple at the Pengkalan Bujang site.

The rebuilt Candi Pengkalan Bujang (25 July, 2015)

Candi Pengkalan Bujang is on the map of Bujang Valley Archaeological Sites

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