Yogyakarta - Vihara Buddha Prabha Chinese Temple
According to the notes kept by the Temple manager, the Prabha Buddhist temple was started to build on 15 August 1900 and was completed in 1907 for the efforts of a former Chinese major named Yap Ping Liem, on land grants given in 1845 by Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat during the reign of Sultan Hamengku Buwono V who ruled for the second time from 1828 to 1855. The grant was intended to build a house of worship for the Chinese people who settled in Yogyakarta.
Initially the name of this temple building is Hok Tik Bio, a devotional place for Hok Tik Sin which the Chinese believed to be the Earth God. However, in the new Order era, the Chinese temple name was renamed to Prabha Buddhist temple. Because at that time there were only five official religions recognized by the government, so that Buddhist elements remained allowed to be used.
Yogyakarta - Vihara Buddha Prabha Chinese Temple
According to the notes kept by the Temple manager, the Prabha Buddhist temple was started to build on 15 August 1900 and was completed in 1907 for the efforts of a former Chinese major named Yap Ping Liem, on land grants given in 1845 by Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat during the reign of Sultan Hamengku Buwono V who ruled for the second time from 1828 to 1855. The grant was intended to build a house of worship for the Chinese people who settled in Yogyakarta.
Initially the name of this temple building is Hok Tik Bio, a devotional place for Hok Tik Sin which the Chinese believed to be the Earth God. However, in the new Order era, the Chinese temple name was renamed to Prabha Buddhist temple. Because at that time there were only five official religions recognized by the government, so that Buddhist elements remained allowed to be used.