It is notable for including one of the largest Indonesian collections of reliefs showing the life stories of the Hindu god Vishnu in different avatar.

In particular, the temple site includes the Rama story in the Javanese version of the epic Ramayana, as well as Krishna story as depicted Triguna's Krishnayana epic poem.

[4][5][3]: 158  Comparative studies of reliefs related to Hindu epics at Penataran and Prambanan temple (Yogyakarta) complexes have attracted the attention of archaeologists.

[6] This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on October 19, 1995, in the Cultural category.

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