Candi Sari is a compact Buddhist temple on the Prambanan plain, close enough to the famous complexes to combine easily but quiet enough to feel like a discovery. Its two-storey structure and traces of interior cells suggest it may have served as a residence or monastery for monks.
The temple rewards visitors who like the smaller pieces of Central Java's archaeological landscape. Come after the headline monuments and you can see how dense the sacred geography around Prambanan once was, with shrines and monastic buildings spread across the villages.