BAHAL TEMPLE
Candi Bahal, Biaro Bahal, or Temple Portibi is flow Vajrayana Buddhist temple complex located in the village Bahal, District Alternating Padang, Portibi, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, which is about a 3 hour drive from Padangsidempuan or is around 400 km from Medan. The temple is made of red bricks and supposedly originated around the 11th century and was associated with the Kingdom Pannai, one of the ports on the coast of the Straits of Malacca were conquered and became part of Srivijaya mandala. The temple is named after the village where the building stands. Moreover Portibi name in Batak language means 'world' or 'earth' uptake term derived from the Sanskrit: Earth (Earth goddess). The architecture of this temple is quite similar to the existing temple Jabung Probolinggo, East Java. The temple complex This temple is a temple complex (the local term called Biaro) the largest in the province of North Sumatra, because their area surrounding the temple...