National Museum of Indonesia The Gedung Gajah located in the south side, or left from the entrance, is the old wing and the original museum structure which was built during colonial Dutch East Indies era. Popularly named as "gedung gajah" (Indonesian for elephant building) to refer the bronze elephant statue in front of the building, which was the gift of Siamese King Chulalongkorn. The museum collections are grouped and arranged by subjects: The National Museum of Indonesia has the richest and the largest collection of Hindu-Buddhist art of ancient Indonesia. The Hindu-Buddhist sculptures, relics and inscriptions was collected from Java, Bali, Sumatra, and Borneo,
Candi of Indonesia west of Magelang, in Central Java. East of Yogyakarta, Central Java. Near Surakarta, Central Java. Malang, East Java. Candi of Indonesia A candi () is a Hindu or Buddhist temple in Indonesia, mostly built during the "Zaman Hindu-Buddha" or "Indianized period", between the 4th and 15th centuries. The "Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language of the Language Center" defines a "candi" as an ancient stone building used for worship, or for storing the ashes of cremated Hindu or Buddhist kings and priests. Indonesian archaeologists describe "candis" as sacred structures of Hindu and Buddhist heritage, used for religious rituals and ceremonies