Here are the 224 Perwara temples (”guardian temples”) that surround the central portion of the complex, arranged in four concentric squares. They seem to have served as either sites for meditation or worship, and/or residences for priests and their students. The Perwara temples situated at the corners of each concentric row are unique in being 2-sided.
The layout of the Perwara temples forms the basis of the overall mandala design of the complex, therefore generating a stylized representation of the cosmos and its layers of increasing sacredness.
Only 3 Perwara temples are presently standing, as earthquakes occur often in Indonesia.
Along the path leading between the Perwara temples up to the central portion of the complex, there are 3 slight increases in elevation, each marked by a few steps. Given the constraints of working with 1-meter blocks, I chose to represent this with flat white squares.
