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A fact from Prambanan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 April 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Prambanan, on Java, is the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia?

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earlier comments re location

Prambanan is not very close to Borobudur, unless you are looking at a large scale map! User:SatuSuro 01:26, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree; most visitors cover the place on the same trip as Borodudur in a couple of hours... --Alexandre Rongellion (talk) 05:39, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe if you're walking it's a long distance. But I've been to both, and they're both near Yogya! 216.116.87.110 (talk) 19:37, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's why wikipedia shouldn't use terms such as "close" or "far". If you must compare to Borobudur, state something definite in km or hours of travel. --Merbabu (talk) 10:59, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology

There always seems to be no shortage of explanations of etymology - and a 'references please' tag that is never acted upon. Removed until someone can come up with a WP:RS as to what the word derives from.

satusuro 13:09, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think that

It may have belonged to Cambodia before. Because it's like Angkor Wat CambodiaCity (talk) 18:29, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's like - needs a rigorous set of WP:RS to clarify the I think - and as to governance (as opposed to belonged) in either direction - Cambodia-Java, and Java-Cambodia - there are historical connections that have been speculated upon in some archaeological literature. JarrahTree 02:09, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]